Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 602 Fake
At the beginning of the war, it was sunny after the rain.

On the vast plain north of Gualijin Ferry, soldiers of the Han army swept the battlefield.

Crows came following the smell of blood, flew across the fields, or landed on the branches, or circled in the sky, quacking non-stop.

Stepping on the muddy field with wet boots, Deng Ai pulled his collar uncomfortably. Fighting in the rain was mixed with sweat, which was really uncomfortable.

"General, our army successfully ambushed the enemy in this battle. We captured 210 levels of the enemy, captured [-] three of the enemy, and the rest were scattered." Li Dan reported after counting the gains.

Deng Ai led the army northward as a striker and succeeded in occupying Guarizin.After Yuan Hong detected the information that a small group of troops was moving to Gualijin, he ordered someone to inform Deng Ai, and only then did Deng Ai ambush the Wei army and a small-scale war broke out.

Deng Ai took off his soaked boots, sat on the rock, and said, "Have you learned any useful military information from Wei Zu?"

"Yes!" Li Dan said, "According to what the captured Wei soldiers said, the vanguard against Wei was Wang Chang, the general who conquered the South. He led more than [-] soldiers to the south to Bowang County. Cao Rui's army also arrived in Duyang. The distance between our army and Wang Chang is only tens of miles, and it is only a hundred miles away from Cao Rui. Tomorrow Wang Chang will join our army at Gualijin, and Cao Rui's army will also arrive in a few days."

Deng Ai frowned slightly, and said: "Is there a scout who sent this matter to His Majesty?"

Li Dan pondered for a moment, and said: "The waiting cavalry has just set off, and it will arrive tomorrow. According to the military report from the rear, the Prime Minister has already joined forces with His Majesty, and will raise troops to the north. General Zuo will be trapped in Xinye and attack Tian Yu."

Deng Ai patted the dirt on his boots, and asked with concern: "Xiangfan in the south, is there someone guarding it?"

Holding the bamboo slips in his hand, Li Dan asked, "Is the general worried about the soldiers of Xiangfan?"

"Yes or no." Deng Ai put on his boots and said, "I am worried that if our army fights against Wei Wei, Pu Zhong of Xiangfan will attack General Zuo in the north, and Tian Yu will be in the east, with Hu Zhi inside. I am afraid that General Zuo will be inside and outside. Encountered by the enemy, the troops were defeated in Xinye, causing the rear to join forces and go north to meet Cao Rui, and the two armies flanked each other, and our army won less and lost more!"

Although the big man has initially pacified the two counties of Nanyang and Nanxiang, Hu Zhi sticks to Xinye, and Tian Yu rescues Xinye, which is really disgusting, and the big man's throat is stuck.

If it wasn't for Hu Zhi's great intelligence and his defeat by Xiang Yu, the situation facing the big man might have been even more difficult.For example, it is difficult to fully occupy the rich grain-producing areas of Nanyang, and a large amount of grain needs to be mobilized from Guanzhong or Hanzhong.

Li Dan cupped his hands slightly, and said: "According to the messenger, the prime minister sent General Zhengdong (Wu Ban) to besiege Yin County and force the Xiangfan enemies to go north. Therefore, I think Xinye should be fine."

"No problem is the best!"

Deng Ai stomped on his boots to make his feet more comfortable, and asked, "Where is Yuan Hong? Is there any news about him?"

Li Dan shook his head and said: "General, Captain Yuan sent his own scouts to inform our army of his whereabouts, and then cut off news from our army."

Hearing this, Deng Ai's expression was solemn, he called for Tutu, and asked, "Where was the last time Yuan Xiaowei's department appeared?"

Li Dan drew a circle on the map, pointing to Zhixian County in the upper reaches of the Feishui River, and said: "After Yuan Xiaowei crossed the Feishui River from Gualijin, he first went northeast. He noticed Wang Chang's army in the Bowang area and returned. When the army reached the north bank of Gualijin, it suddenly turned to the northwest, went up against the river, and finally disappeared in the area of ​​Zhi County."

Deng Ai didn't understand Yuan Hong's operation, and asked, "What does Captain Yuan want to do? Do you know?"

Li Dan is also a native of Nanyang. He lived in the Bowang area in his early years and moved to the East Three Counties with his father.After Han Kedong three counties, he surrendered to Dahan, and he has a good understanding of the geography in the north of Nanyang.

Li Dan hesitated for a while, then said: "Funiu Mountain lies to the north of Chixian County. During this period, there are mostly hills and mountain streams. If you encounter enemy troops, the cavalry led by Lieutenant Yuan will be difficult to move forward and backward. I am afraid they will be damaged in Funiu Mountain."

Deng Ai stroked his beard, and said in a deep voice: "Captain Yuan, does it mean that he regards the military as hunting in the prairie? Is there any reason for that?"

"General, do you want to send soldiers to the north to join Lieutenant Yuan's troops?" Li Dan said, "After all, Lieutenant Yuan is His Majesty's nephew. If it is lost here, I'm afraid Your Majesty will blame him."

Deng Ai tugged on the neckline again, feeling very irritable, and said: "I have no news, how can I find it? Now that the Wei army is under pressure, if they divide their troops, they will be taken advantage of by them, and they will seize Gualidu to control our army."

"Then it won't help?" Li Danchi questioned.

"Send scouts to search north, and if you meet Yuan Xiaowei's troops, tell him that the enemy army is ahead, and order him to return to the army quickly, so as not to encounter most of the enemy's troops." Deng Ai ordered.

"promise!"

……

May 28, Liaoshui.

Sima Yi leaned over his desk and looked at the map of Liaodong, with a thoughtful look on his face, which implied distress.

Since Sima Yi arrived in Liaodong in April, Gongsun Yuan really followed Wei's previous strategy and asked Sun Quan for help to harass Cao Wei.He also dispatched Bei Yan and Yang Zuo to lead tens of thousands of troops, and repaired pads in the Liaosui area for more than [-] li to prevent the Wei army from crossing the river.

Not long after, he received a letter from Sun Quan.According to the letter, Sima Yi is very powerful, so let him be careful, the army he sent is on the way.

Gongsun Yuan believed it and asked Bei Yan and Yang Zuo to fight.But Sima Yi sent soldiers to fight across the river, and won the second general.Gongsun Yuan didn't dare to fight, so he let Bei Yan and Yang Zuo, who had experienced defeats, stick to the camp, trying to exhaust the Wei army's food and grass, and waited for Sima Yi to withdraw.

But this is not where Sima Yi's distress lies. His distress lies in the news that the Shu army is attacking Nanyang. Based on his understanding of Nanyang's defense, it is very likely that it will be difficult to defend the Shu army from attacking.Although Cao Rui didn't ask him to withdraw his troops, the meaning of the letter was to tell him to fight early if he could fight, and withdraw if he couldn't.

Sima Yi knocked on the map, and still used his old opponent Zhuge Liang's trick of slamming east and west.During Zhuge Liang's several Northern Expeditions, he basically used his voice to attack the west, skillfully making himself afraid, and now he wants to let the Liao people try the strategy of attacking the west.

"Where is General Guanqiu?" Sima Yi shouted.

"The end is here!"

"Go forward." Sima Yi pointed to the map and said to Guan Qiujian: "The general will lead the headquarters to move to the lower reaches of the Liao River, set up banners, pretend that the main force of the Chinese army is in your department, and attract Bei Yan and Yang Zuoer for someone." People. A certain leader led the elite main force to the upper reaches of the Liaoshui River, bypassed Liaoze, crossed the Liaoshui River, and went straight to Xiangping. At that time, the general was crossing the Liaoshui River and joined our main force to break Xiangping City."

Guan Qiujian looked at the map, why did he feel that this tactic was so familiar? Isn't this the famous tactic of Zhuge Liang, the thief of Western Shu?
Guanqiu Jian hesitated for a while, then said: "After the general crossed the Liaoshui River, why didn't he attack Bei Yan and Yang Zuo with Jian, instead of attacking Xiangping directly? Not good."

Sima Yi stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The two thieves, Bei Yan and Yang Zuo, set up a high fortress and wanted to wait for our army to run out of food and retreat. Crossing the river to attack their troops was the right plan. Therefore, at the end of the later Han Dynasty, Wang Yi was trapped Under Kunyang, it led to the subjugation of Xinmang. The ancients said that although the enemy has a high fortification, he has no choice but to fight with us, and he will save what he attacks."

"Bei Yan and Yang Zuo's troops are the main forces of the bandits' army, so their lair, Xiangping, must be empty. I pointed directly at Xiangping, and Gongsun Yuan was afraid, so he will send the two bandits, Bei Yan and Yang Zuo, back to rescue them. At that time, our army It is bound to be able to fight with him, and it will be easy to break his army."

Guanqiu Jian glanced at Sima Yi, this is not the trick in the Shu Han's attack, attacking the place that must be saved.Although he had other thoughts in his heart, Guan Qiujian still led the military order.

Guan Qiujian has no objection to Sima Yi's use of the strategy of "striking from the east and attacking the west" that the Shu thief Zhuge Liang likes.After all, there is no patent for the art of war, and anyone can use it.But being able to use it is one thing, being able to use it successfully is another.

According to Sima Yi's calculated words just now, Guan Qiujian also admired him a lot. He included all the psychological activities of the Liaodong generals.

It's just that he was curious about why Sima Yi had all kinds of tricks to fight Liaodong, but he could only avoid the battle when he met Xiang Geliang, the thief from West Shu.

After Guan Qiujian stepped back, Sima Yi nodded in satisfaction.In his eyes, among the generals of the Three Kingdoms, only Zhuge Liang was better than himself in using troops, and the others were mediocre.

Soochow Luxun?It's just a guard dog.

It still depends on yourself and Zhuge Liang to expand the territory.

(End of this chapter)