Wei Ni

Cao Zui was very indignant.

He has been entangled with this Wu general for a long time, and he is confident that he can kill the Wu general in front, so he feels that Xia Houhui's arrow is very unreasonable.

In particular, he had already guessed who this General Wu was.

Before the ambush, Xia Houhui swore that Gao Shou, the chief general of Shu County in Jiangdong, would come out in person, and the bravery shown by General Wu during the fight with him also faintly confirmed this point.

In this sneak attack on the Wancheng Valley, the merit of beheading the general is the only credit he can prove his ability!
Not to mention, if he could kill Gao Shou with his own hands, he would also comfort the spirit of his late father~
So, why did Xia Houhui come to snatch it?
However, soon, his indignation became confused again.

Because after Gaoshou's bodyguard trilogy was purged, Xia Houhui's entourage chief cut off Gaoshou's head and handed it directly to his trilogy, and then left.
This is, give me the power to kill the general? !

So Cai Zhiquan just saw that I couldn't fight for a long time, so he secretly helped the village, and didn't have the heart to claim credit?
With this thought in mind, he felt a little embarrassed.

After all, on the battlefield, the feat of beheading the general and capturing the flag is not pre-determined
"General, how to deal with this."

While he was in a daze, he took Gao Shou's head's subordinate from Gou Quan and asked him in a low voice.

"Take it first."

Cao Zuan put his sword into its sheath, looked back and saw that the hundreds of governors had started to drive away the rout soldiers, then replied softly, and then led his subordinates to chase after Xia Houhui's back.

At this time, Xia Houhui was already inspecting the battlefield, and deployed troops to clean the battlefield, take care of the wounded, and wait for the troops from the Sun Li Department in Wancheng.

Seeing Cao Zuan coming, he didn't say much, and directly instructed, "The other hundred governors have already gone to pursue, Desi will work harder, and lead the troops to dispatch first. If General Zhang has a chance to sneak attack on Wuqiangkou's garrison point, Desi will help;

"Okay, don't worry about it."

Responding loudly, he waved his hand back, signaling his subordinates to lead the soldiers to go first, but he himself did not leave, and helped a wounded soldier get up and go to a clean place to wait for bandaging before Xia Houhui.

It also surprised Xia Houhui a little.

Although, in order to allow more than a thousand elites of general Zhang Ying to blend in with the defeated soldiers smoothly, our own pursuit had to be deliberately left behind, but shouldn't they leave immediately after receiving the general's order?
Go there early, it's good to restrain the soldiers, why are you still sticking here?

"Is Desi injured?"

After thinking about it, he asked with concern.

"No, General Bina Wu is quite brave, but he can't hurt me yet."

Grinning and answering, Cao Zuan hesitated for a moment, and then asked in a low voice, "Well, Zhiquan, just now my subordinate asked the prisoner, that thief will be Gaoshou."

"Ha, as I expected, a good swimmer drowns!"

Xiahou Hui clapped his hands and smiled, and after applauding with satisfaction, he said softly, "He was killed by you. I just shot an arrow because I was worried that he was not dead enough to counterattack frequently. De Simo is delaying, go and restrain the soldiers. I will settle the wounded soldiers and prisoners first, and then I will arrive."

Uh, it really gave me the credit
It should be because His Majesty asked him to help the village and let me accumulate meritorious deeds as soon as possible, right?

Cao Zuan's heart was clear, and it was difficult to utter the words of rejection.

After a moment of silence, he followed suit before continuing, "Thank you Zhiquan. When the court reward comes down, I won't take any money, and I will transfer it to you. Well, Zhiquan doesn't owe me any money."

Hearing this, Xia Houhui, who was walking forward, paused for a while, and then continued walking, "I have to pay more!"

"Okay! Then I'll go first."

Cao Zuan, who was slightly stunned, smiled with relief and strode away.

What he didn't realize was that Xia Houhui's eyes lingered on his back for a while, and finally sighed quietly before continuing to urge the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

General Zhang Ying's sneak attack on Wuqiangkou's defense point went smoothly.

He asked the soldiers to break up into parts, and divided them into a team of 50 people to join the fleeing Jiangdong rout in the middle of the road.At this time, the sky was dark, and Wu Bing, who was running for his life in a hurry, had no time or thought to identify the people who fled side by side with him.

Besides, they had already learned the news of Gao Shou's death in battle.

Before they left the battlefield, they heard everyone in Wei soldiers cheering, "The thief will be punished".

The main generals were all dead, and they were only thinking about returning to the camp as soon as possible. Apart from the idea of ​​surviving, there was no room for other thoughts in their minds.

Yes, when they returned to the camp, they would have a way to survive.

As long as they send people to Ruxuwu for help, with the elite of the Jiangdong Navy, they will soon be able to land from Shukou of Chaohu Lake to rescue them.

However, what they don't know is that they have no chance.

Because of Jiang Ban, the chief officer of the Wei Jun scout battalion.

However, Man Chong also specially arranged Shouchun's cavalry battalion as a support during the sneak attack on Wancheng Valley.

But the power of where and when to respond is in the hands of Jiang Ban.

The reason is simple.

Zhang Qidu, who led a thousand cavalry, had no choice but to lie dormant on the north bank of Longshushui in the area of ​​Yun County out of consideration of cover.

Longshushui is a river that originates from the Dabie Mountains and winds into Chaohu Lake.

The entrance to the lake is called Shukou. No matter Wei State or Jiangdong, as long as they support or attack the Wancheng Valley, landing from this port by boat is the fastest and most convenient route.

Therefore, Long Shushui became the dividing line between Wei and Wu for scouting and vigilance.

It is precisely because of this that the Wei cavalry cannot cross the small river, otherwise they will be discovered by the Wu soldiers.In order to be able to respond in time, Jiang Ban, who supervised the cavalry of the scout battalion, of course acted as their eyes and ears, and the decision maker on where to sound the horn to send troops.

Jiang Ban is also very cautious about this.

With only a dozen cavalry scouts, he sneaked across the south bank of Longshushui, observing the movements of Wuqiangkou Camp and Jiashikou Pass in the east of the Jiangdong from afar.

When the sounds of killing at the Jiashikou pass were overwhelming, he sent a scout to ride back on horseback and asked Zhang Qidu to lead them over.

But it prevented Zhang Qidu's plan to drive his troops to support him.

The reason is not that it is difficult for cavalry to participate in battles such as fighting for the pass - they only need to appear in front of the pass and make noise, which is the best way to disintegrate the morale of Wu soldiers.

Jiang Ban's dissuading argument was that he did not hear the signal from the Wei soldiers who were going to attack.

According to the pre-war agreement, if cavalry support is required, the sneak attacking Wei soldiers will draw their bows and shoot three Mingdi in succession.

"Zhang Qidu, if you don't hear the sound of the dysprosium, there should be no need for us to support you."

He said so.

After Zhang Qidu pondered for a moment, he asked a little excitedly, "Gong Jun's intention, is that Taishou Sun and General Zhang will also attack the thief Wu Wuqiang?"

Excited, the sneak attacking Wei army is now attacking Jiashikou pass, as long as they can break through smoothly, they can lead their troops back.But now they still have spare energy to attack Wuqiangkou camp, which shows that the process of attacking Wancheng was very smooth.

"The final general can't be sure."

But Jiang Ban's answer was very cautious, "But the general feels that no matter whether Sun Taishou and the others attack Wuqiangkou, we need to divide our troops to guard Wuqiangkou, lest the other side learn the news and send people to Ruxuwu for help."

"Well, Gong Jun is right."

Zhang Qidu, who felt very reasonable, immediately led his cavalry to Wuqiangkou, and then sent two hundred cavalry to go around to the east of Wuqiangkou to guard, and cut off the connection between Wuqiangkou and Ruxuwu.

It was also this move that caused Wu Bing to completely lose his reinforcements.

Because when Gao Shou led the troops out, the generals who stayed in the camp out of prudence, sent several teams of scouts after Gao Shou to keep an eye on the progress of Gao Shou's "challenge against rebellion".

These scouts rushed back to the camp to report the news the first time Gao Shou was ambushed.

After the left-behind general learned about it, he immediately sent a messenger to Ruxuwu for help.

It's a pity that they were all killed by Wei Jun cavalry.

But when General Zhang Ying successfully led troops into the camp gate to attack the camp, and asked the cavalry to support him with Ming Di, Zhang Qidu surrounded Wuqiangkou camp from the east, clamoring loudly, as if the Wei army had already attacked in a large scale.

It also made the Wu soldiers in the camp lose their fighting spirit.

After all, the main general was killed, the camp was stolen, and the Wei cavalry cut off their way for help. What miracles could they expect?

Therefore, amidst the persuasion of "surrender will not die", the Wuqiangkou camp quickly changed hands.

At this time, Xia Houhui had not yet arrived at Wuqiangkou.

Because he had just waited until Sun Li sent someone over to take over the treatment of wounded soldiers and custody of prisoners.

However, he didn't intend to go there.

Another reason for Cao Zuan to rush to Wu Qiangkou is to give Cao Zuan an extra credit for cooperating with General Zhang Ying in capturing the camp.

He went to Jiashikou.

The attack on that side was earlier, and it was closer to the territory controlled by Wei State. Sun Li's headquarters, which escorted the captives and emigrated Li Shu, wanted to go back there.

So he wanted to do one or two in the past.

The deeper reason is that he intends to go there to be lazy and have a good sleep.

In order to think more clearly about the future road.

Yes, he suddenly discovered that he had failed in his previous life and had taken many wrong steps.

Some people, some things, can always teach you something.

Just like Deng Ai.

Xia Houhui has been persuading him not to be too utilitarian, and not to be too selfish in his life, so as not to embark on the path of "thousands of people disappear".But think about it the other way around, hasn't Deng Ai been teaching him something the other way round?

Why did Deng Ai dare to hide selfishness when offering advice?

There are also emperor Cao Rui and Man Chong.

This sneak attack on Wancheng was facilitated by Xia Houhui, and he also planned it in detail, but he even led troops to attack, and he didn't even know the military status of the prisoners in the Battle of Shiting.Why can Sun Li and Zhang Ying know, but he, who is the leader of the same army, is not qualified to know?

What hit him even more was that even Cao Zuan, who was straightforward and without a city government, claimed that he would transfer the temple rewards to him and waive his loan when he accepted his refusal to behead Gaoshou for his military exploits.

Yes, no matter who he is, he knows that he is struggling with fame and money.

A person who is well known by others can easily be caught out of weaknesses.

Because this person has no hole cards.

This is how Xia Houhui feels now, being easily controlled by others.

It's a bad feeling.

It is even more detrimental to the expectations in his heart.

So take a good look at yourself, find out your mistakes, and change your behavior.

For example, Deng Ai's daring to hide his selfishness when offering advice was based on Xia Houhui's previous behavior of greedy for merit and taking risks, but is there a layer of reckless mentality in it?After all, if he followed Deng Ai's plan, Deng Ai would be able to stand out. According to the current attention of the temple to the new army, even if Xia Houhui is not willing to promote him anymore, he has no shortage of dignitaries who are willing to promote him.

Some things cannot withstand careful scrutiny.

Xia Houhui didn't want to speculate on another person's mentality with the mentality of a villain.

But he knew that if he had the ability to push the emerging Deng Ai into the quagmire again and suppress Deng Ai in the dust all his life, then Deng Ai would not dare to hide his selfishness when offering advice.

Yes, he doesn't now.

The foundation of his life is just after Qiao Pei Yuanxun.

As for the favor of the emperor Cao Rui, it is also the benefit of relying on the confrontation with the princes.

Essentially, he didn't have a single hole card.

Naturally, it can't be feared, and it can't stop others from being unscrupulous.

So his previous life was a failure.

And he feels that he has taken a lot of steps, which is the difference between art and Tao.

In the past, he gave the emperor Cao Rui a lot of advice, but the results were very few. The reason for this was that he always thought that it was the emperor Cao Rui's personal problem, and he felt that it was difficult for a successful king to have the courage of Wei Wu Cao Cao.

But he never reflected on himself.

Looking back now, whether it is to rectify the atmosphere of the temple by accusing Jiang Ji, or using the emperor Enke to check and balance the nine-rank official system, it is a kind of compromise, and it is a small trick that cannot be put on the table.

Dissuading Cao Zhen from attacking Shu, and changing his advice to disturb Shu and exhaust him, also reveals a small family spirit, which is not in line with Wei's attitude that already occupies seven points of the world.If, at that time, he could take into account the fact that "Wei is big and Shu is small" and adjusted his advice a little, maybe the emperor Cao Rui would let Cao Zhen attack Shu a few years later.

He was too practical and utilitarian, so he forgot that above the temple was the place where the evil spirit was plotted.

Some conspiracies and tricks can only benefit for a while but not for a long time.

Just like the emperor Cao Rui promoted the reform of the scholars and recruited soldiers from the farmer, why did so much foreshadowing?
Do you want to implement it on a pilot basis first, and try to prove it with military achievements?
That's because, as a monarch, he knew that if a snowflake above the temple fell into the county, it would become an avalanche.

Some things need to be accumulated, and only when there is enough quantitative change can a qualitative change be triggered.

This is Xia Houhui's current perception.

Since he became an official, he has gone so smoothly all the way.

Even when Zuo moved out of the capital, the emperor could privately let him choose whether to be a herdsman or a soldier.

So he forgot to accumulate.

So far, there is no hole card other than Qiao Pei's status as a hero.

Therefore, when he saw the "Wei" flag flying on the Jiashikou pass, the thought in his mind was: It's time to take leave and go back to Luoyang. (end of this chapter)