Shuhan

Zhuge Liang had a habit and characteristic during his marching operations: decisively concentrate his troops.

In other words, Zhuge Liang was decisive in the use of troops and did not like to disperse his troops.

This can be seen from the battles Zhuge Liang participated in throughout his life.

For example, after Cao Cao wiped out Hebei and led his army southward to Jingxiang, Liu Bei led 100,000 people to migrate south. At that time, Zhuge Liang advised Liu Bei: "The people are traveling more than ten miles a day. If Cao Cao's army pursues them, they will arrive in ten days. Who will the general be at that time?" Past?"

Liu Bei was worried about the people because of his benevolence, but it was impossible for Liu Bei to do something without paying a heavy price. At this time, for the sake of the world, Zhuge Liang decisively advised Liu Bei to give up the people.

Of course, Liu Bei in history did not shed tears for the people like in the novel. In fact, after Cao Jun came after him, he not only abandoned the people, but also his wife and children.

For another example, after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei led his army to capture Jingzhou and encountered great resistance when attacking Guiyang.

At that time, Guiyang's city defense was the strongest in southern Jingzhou. In northern Jingzhou, Liu Bei was forced by the pressure exerted by Zhou Yu around Jiangling, so he urged Zhuge Liang to capture Guiyang quickly.

In this entangled situation, Zhuge Liang is often much calmer than Liu Bei. At that time, he wrote to Liu Bei, hoping that Liu Bei would not let Jiangling's affairs and Guiyang's affairs become entangled with each other. If Jiangling was temporarily affected by the capture of Guiyang, then Then we can capture Jiangling.

In handling this matter, Zhuge Liang once again showed his characteristic of "likes to decisively concentrate on doing one thing".

This characteristic of Zhuge Liang also appeared in the First Northern Expedition. At that time, the only offensive stronghold on the front line of the Shu army was Jieting. Zhuge Liang asked Ma Di to guard it, but this decision was opposed by the generals.

"Three Kingdoms" records: "In the sixth year of the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang's army marched towards Qishan. At that time, there were veteran generals Wei Yan, Wu Yi and others. Commentators all said that it was appropriate to order him to be the vanguard. However, Zhuge Liang went against the crowd and drew his horse. He led the masses in front and fought with Wei general Zhang He fought at Jieting and was defeated by Zhang He."

The severity of the Jieting defeat has actually been underestimated. In fact, it was not only a defeat, but also a crisis of national subjugation.

If the Wei army at that time had boldly advanced, it would not have been impossible to take advantage of the situation to attack the Shu Han. Under the overwhelming enemy offensive, the Shu army might not even be able to parry.

In fact, without Zhuge Liang, Ma Di's defeat would directly lead to the destruction of the country.

But at this critical juncture, Zhuge Liang was still able to make decisive decisions. The empty city plan brought life to Shu Han, which also reflected his decisive characteristics.

This time when he arrived at Huayin, Zhuge Liang was as decisive as ever.

After the Han army set up camp outside Huayin City, Zhuge Liang immediately sent his young general Huo Yi to call for provocation.

After several attempts, the Wei army in Huayin City did not respond, and Zhuge Liang gradually understood.

"It seems that Sima Zhongda wants to have a stalemate with us. He sent people to transport grain and grass to Fengling City and passed by a thousand steps outside Huayin City. I want to see if this move will work or not!"

Out of town?

You're going to fall into my trap!
Not leaving the city?
Then you are of no use in Huayin.

Our Han army has unimpeded access to food and grass, and a steady stream of food and grass from the rear supplies Fenglingcheng and Tongguan. What is the use of your Wei army occupying Huayin?
Instead of playing a blocking role, they were trapped deep behind enemy lines and at risk of being cut off and surrounded.

Zhuge Liang wanted to see if the Qianzhao guarding the city could hold up!

On the day.

The Han army's grain team, loaded with grain and fodder, passed by thousands of steps in front of Huayin City blatantly.

Lianzhao saw it and almost chewed his back molars into pieces.

"Zhuge Villager, do you have the guts to bully me?"

Qianzhao said to the deputy general beside him: "Quickly mobilize your troops, I want to kill that Zhuge Liang's spirit!"

The deputy general beside him was Sima Yi's side. At this time, he saluted Qianzhao and consoled him: "General, please don't. The envoy sent out has not yet received a reply from the governor. Zhuge Liang is cunning and cunning. If he acts rashly, I'm afraid he will be killed." If you fell into his trap, please think again, general!"

"Don't you know that you will be outside and your orders will not be accepted?"

Qianzhao snorted coldly and then said: "Besides, this general is a veteran on the battlefield. He is not a new recruit. He can tell whether it is a conspiracy or a trick. Although the governor is wise and unparalleled in resourcefulness, he is far away from the army camp and not in Huayin. He cannot see to the fighter plane in front of us.”

He Qianzhao came from among the dead, and in terms of qualifications, he was much more senior than Sima Yi.

This time, I only obeyed the order because of your ability, Sima Yi.

But now he wants me to be humiliated, how can he swallow this breath?

Furthermore, if he just sits back and watches Han transport grain to Fengling City, what is the use of occupying Huayin?
Instead, he let himself be surrounded by the Han army.

If these soldiers under his command were gone, his sin would be great and his foundation would be gone.

Which one is light and which one is serious? He can naturally tell the difference.

"No need to say more, order five hundred cavalry, bring rockets, and burn the Han army's food team first. My Xianbei cavalry comes and goes like the wind. How can I still be afraid of the Han army's infantry?"

When the deputy general saw that he had made up his mind to lead the attack, he had no choice but to say: "This time we are going out to attack the city, the general does not have to lead the troops himself. We can let the Xianbei leader Tufa Shoutian lead his troops to attack!"

If Qian Zhao dies, no one will be able to lead the Xianbei cavalry in Huayin City. Naturally, the lieutenant general is unwilling to see such a thing happen.

Hearing this, Qianzhao also nodded in agreement.

After all, this deputy general represents Sima Yi on the one hand. He has already taken a step forward. If he takes another step forward, he will be pushing the envelope.

The degree must be grasped well.

Otherwise, given how favored Sima Yi is in front of His Majesty, as long as he submits a memorial, he may not be able to bear the burden and walk away.

Immediately.

Qianzhao said to the bald Shouguan beside him: "Bald Shouguan, this time you go out of the city to harass the Han army's food team, just shoot arrows from a distance, and then return to the city, don't be tempted to fight!"

The bald Shouchan was of Xianbei descent, and he nodded silently at this moment.

Here I want to talk about the baldness department, not because everyone in this tribe is bald. In fact, baldness is the pronunciation of the Xianbei people, which means quilt.

Tuoba Pigu's son Shouguan was born in a quilt, so Shouguan became bald Shouguan, and the tribe got its name from this.

"Bald Warrior, follow me to kill the enemy!"

The bald Shouchan immediately selected 500 elite soldiers from the army, and rushed out of Huayin City, charging towards the Han army's food team.

When they were fifty steps away from the grain transport team, Shouguan the Bald Hair ordered his sergeants to shoot arrows.

The rocket was ignited by the fire box and shot into the Han army's grain transport team, immediately igniting a fire.

When the bald Shouchan saw this, he immediately laughed out loud and returned to Huayin City without wasting any time fighting.

Seeing this situation, Qian Zhao from the city also had a smile on his face.

"I want to see what other moves you, Zhuge Kongming, have!"

As for Zhuge Liang's moves, Qianzhao soon saw them.

Half an hour later, another grain transport team came up.

At this moment, the food transport team was surrounded by rangers, and deer antlers were placed in the food transport team. They were more than 1,200 steps away from Huayin City, so they were obviously well prepared.

"Do you think that putting some antlers and letting a few Han cavalry roam around can stop the rockets of my Xianbei people?"

The bald Shouchan, who had just returned to the city, immediately sneered.

"Colonel Lieutenant, please allow our troops to charge and kill for a while longer!"

Does Zhuge Liang think that his army has too much food and grass?

What's the use of a few rides?
The antlers are completely useless.

They didn't rush into battle, they just fired arrows from a distance.

After firing the cold arrow and running away, can you, Zhuge Liang, catch them?
"Change the horses and burn hundreds more carts of grain and fodder for the Han army!"

Your Han country has a lot of food and grass, right?

Then it will be burned hard.

Seeing how the grain and grass of your Han Dynasty fell from the sky, I still don’t believe it and you can’t finish burning it!

"promise!"

The bald Shouchan immediately changed his horse, left Huayin City, and immediately rushed towards the grain transport team.

Just like before. Fifty steps away, the rockets whizzed towards the Han army's grain transport team.

The civilians in the Han army's grain transport team were panicked. They immediately threw the antlers and horses on the spot and pushed the grain cart to leave. But how could the speed of the cart be as fast as that of a four-legged war horse?
Soon, the Han army's grain transport team was set on fire, and the civilians in the grain transport team had to abandon their vehicles and flee.

"Hahaha! Zhuge Kongming, that's all!"

The bald Shouchan led his troops back to Huayin City calmly.

But after Bald Shouqian arrived at Huayin City, less than half an hour later, another Han Army grain transport team appeared outside Huayin City, but this time, the Han Army grain transport team was not a thousand steps away from Huayin City. Not outside, but fifteen hundred steps away.

"Humph!"

The bald Shouchan immediately snorted and said, "Do you think that if you run further away, I won't be able to burn your food and grass?"

In the previous two times, two hundred grain trucks of the Han army were burned. This time, the scale of the grain transport team was even larger.

There were about two hundred carts of grain and grass.

"Colonel Lieutenant, please allow me to charge and kill for a while longer!" The bald-haired Shouchan asked for a fight.

There was hesitation on Qianzhao's face.

"Fifteen hundred steps, is it too far?"

"Hahaha~"

The bald Shouchan looked up to the sky and laughed loudly and said: "A thousand steps, for us Xianbei cavalry, I only have a few breaths of time, I'm afraid!"

Zhuge Liang's image of being cunning, cunning, and scheming is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the deputy general is already a little scared.

"This must be Zhuge Kongming's conspiracy. We must not fall into Zhuge Kongming's scheme!"

The bald Shouguan was already in a fighting mood. Hearing the deputy general's words that destroyed his morale, a look of displeasure appeared on his face.

"What's the trick? Two hundred grain carts have been burned. This time Zhuge Kongming came to test us. If we don't move forward after 1,500 steps, we can only defend Huayin. The cavalry will defend Huayin, what’s the use?”

"Colonel, it's already dusk, let's make a final charge!" The bald-haired Shouchan asked Qianzhao to continue his fight.

The deputy general insisted on stopping it.

"It is said that two hundred carts of grain and grass were burned. Perhaps those two hundred carts were not carrying grain and grass, but earth and stone. Zhuge Kongming is using earth and rock to harm our army. The general must guard against it!"

The bald Shoutian looked at the lieutenant with disgust.

Guys without balls, are you scared?

He, the Xianbei warrior, has never been afraid!

"When I go there this time, I will definitely verify it. If the grain truck that was burned earlier was loaded with earth and rocks, I, Bald-haired Shoutian, will turn around and leave. If it is not earth and rocks, but grain and grass, I will shoot again! "

Hearing this, Qianzhao also felt that Bald Shouqian's words were reasonable.

The Han army burned four hundred carts of grain and grass.

If it goes up on the list, it will be considered a big achievement.

Qian Zhao was moved.

"When you go this time, be careful before you go!"

When the bald Shouchan heard this, he immediately nodded and accepted the order.

soon.

The bald Shoutian, who had changed his horse in the city, immediately ran out of the city with a scimitar in his hand and a short bow and rocket tied to his horse.

Xilulu~
"Drive~"

"Come on!"

The Xianbei cavalry are like a group of wild wolves on the grassland, cunning and ferocious.

They first rushed to the Han army's grain transport team, which had been burned and was still stained with flames.

Bald Shoutian dismounted his horse to check, and immediately found handfuls of corn and wheat on the unburned grain bags.

"This is not food, what is it?"

Even if the earth and stone rockets are hit, it will be difficult to burn them.

The lieutenant was obviously overly worried.

Zhuge Liang was testing their bottom line.

One thousand steps is not the bottom line, but is one thousand five hundred steps the bottom line?
Your bald grandfather will tell you this time, not to mention fifteen hundred steps, even ten thousand steps, our Xianbei cavalry can come and go like the wind!
"Come on, burn the Han army's food and grass!"

Just like the previous two times, the bald Shouchan and his troops stopped fifty steps away from the grain transport team, their eyes flashing with arrogance and jest.

The cavalrymen took off the long bows on their backs, quickly put on the rockets, and fully drew the bow strings.

The head of the rocket was ignited, and the flames jumped in the dusk breeze, like orange-red snake letters.

"shoot!"

Following the order, the rockets pierced the sky like meteors, flying towards the Han army's grain transport team with blazing fire.

The civilians of the Han army's grain transport team outside the city were pushing the grain carts in panic. Rockets fell from the sky and directly hit the grain trucks.

Huhuhu~
The flames spread quickly, and the grain truck was instantly surrounded by raging fire and thick smoke.

The Xianbei cavalry watched the fire getting bigger and bigger, with a proud smile on their faces.

He even turned his head towards Huayin City, as if saying to the deputy general: "Look, what is there to worry about? Isn't this happening again?"

The Xianbei cavalry succeeded in burning grain, but the civilians of the Han army's grain transport team fell into panic and despair.

Some people threw down their tools in panic and ran around; others tried to use various tools to put out the fire, but the fire was so intense that their efforts seemed so insignificant.

The smell of scorched wood and burning wood hung in the air, along with the sounds of people shouting in terror.

Seeing this, the Xianbei cavalry no longer stayed for long. They turned their horses and retreated calmly amidst the fire and smoke, leaving only chaos and despair outside the city.

However, the horses and antlers discarded by the Han army's grain transport team, as well as the remains of the fire-burned grain transport team, imperceptibly slowed down their retreat.

And this time is crucial!

Because Zhuge Liang hid his cavalry behind the high hills to the east in advance.

Originally, it was impossible to hide war horses or even people behind the high hill, but the Han army could not withstand it and secretly dug more than a foot deep behind the high hill.

This can hide the war horse.

dong dong dong~
War drums sounded.

"Come on!"

"Kill!"

Huo Yi led thousands of cavalry and immediately rushed out from behind the high hill. The bald Shouchan was obviously not mentally prepared for the sudden appearance of the Han army.

Where did these Han troops come from?
He wanted to drive his horse to retreat, but was hindered by the antlers of the horse and could not move faster. He was soon stuck by the Han army.

puff puff~
The Xianbei cavalry are skilled in riding and shooting, but in close combat, how can they be a match for the armored Han cavalry?
Often once they are stuck, they cannot escape the end of death.

Gradually, more than half of the five hundred cavalry were killed by the Han army, and the remaining half were surrounded.

The Han infantry also came up, and the Xianbei cavalry, which had lost its speed, had become a turtle in the urn.

In Huayin City, Lian Zhao's face was very ugly, but he suppressed the anger in his heart and said bravely: "In exchange for 400 carts of grain and grass, 500 Xianbei cavalry, I, the Wei Dynasty, won this battle !”

However.
Lianzhao would not have thought that after losing this battle, Zhuge Liang would have a series of back-ups waiting for him! (End of chapter)