Three Kingdoms: Heir of Wolong, my father-in-law is Guan Gong

Chapter 242: Burning Xinye’s bluff, training cousin, war is about to begin (seeking pursuit)

Since Guan Xing refused to send troops, Pang Hong of Fa Miao persuaded Liu Chan to take temporary refuge in Xiangyang City.

However, this strategy angered Zhang Bao, Wei Chang, Huo Yi, and Zhao Tong's generals.

"Don't retreat when you should retreat, and retreat when you shouldn't."

"We are not civilians, we are the new army of the martial arts hall!"

"What is the weapon in your hand used for?"

"Is it used to escape?"

"No, this is for fighting, for killing our enemies!"

"Retreating at the last moment of battle is not the style of our new army!"

Zhang Bao's words resonated with all the sergeants.

The supplies were burned inexplicably, and when they met Cao Wei's cavalry, they had to go to Xiangyang City for temporary refuge.

They really treat us as civilian husbands!
Fa Miao shouted: "The puppet Wei has a thousand cavalry, but our cavalry is less than a hundred."

"Now the trenches have not been dug, the antlers have not been properly placed, and the walls of Fancheng are dilapidated and cannot be defended."

"How can we compete with the cavalry of the puppet Wei?"

Zhang Bao snorted coldly: "We have soldiers, generals, swords and bows, why should we be afraid of Wei dogs?"

"When you, the scribes, decide whether to fight or retreat, don't you ask me and the warriors?"

"I said I can fight, then I can fight!"

Wei Chang also said: "When I was at Jieting in the past, I was not afraid of Cao Wei's tens of thousands of troops."

"Now that Wei Dog has only a thousand riders, what should we fear?"

"As the prince's confidant, you have an overview of the military and political plans, and you actually let me wait to escape?"

"How can you be qualified for the position of confidant if you are so timid and afraid of death?"

Fa Miao said angrily: "Don't insult me, how can I be a coward and fear of death!"

"As a general, you should not act brave for a moment and ignore the overall situation. I have an important position and my priority is to save the lives of all the troops."

"Mr. Guanfu refuses to send troops. If we go to war rashly, many people will die!"

Zhang Bao retorted: "We came to Fancheng to practice, we didn't just ask Guan Xing to help when we encounter danger!"

"Before the sword is unsheathed and the arrow is not shot, please let us retreat into Xiangyang City."

"It's right to save the lives of all the troops, but if the troops have no blood at all, then the martial arts hall might as well be disbanded, and we won't be able to become disciples of the Emperor."

Seeing that Fa Miao was defeated, Pang Hong argued: "Blood does not come from recklessness. As the prince's confidants and advisers, we cannot let the soldiers die if we are not sure of victory!"

"We stay in the rear and let the sergeant die in vain with a quick thought. How can we continue to act as confidants and advisers?"

Huo Yi responded tit-for-tat: "If a sergeant has no blood, how can he fight on the battlefield?"

"If you fight a war with certainty of victory, do you have to abandon the army and run away like Ma Su when encountering difficulties in the future?"

"We have two thousand people, and Wei Gou only has one thousand cavalry. We don't dare to fight. Do we have to be ten times the enemy to dare to fight?"

"Although Fancheng is dilapidated, there are still ruins that can serve as cover."

"Wei Gou only came with cavalry. Do they still dare to dismount and fight?"

"The art of war is dead, but people are alive; the battlefield will not always provide us with a favorable environment."

"The enemy will not be so stupid as to wait for us to have a complete deployment and then come here to die."

There were fierce civil and military quarrels.

One side is the theoretical school and the other is the practical school.

One side should focus on benevolence and give priority to ensuring that the soldiers do not die; the other side should focus on blood and spirit, and the brave will win when they meet on a narrow road.

Both sides hold their own opinions, and no one can convince the other.

Liu Chan suddenly felt a headache: When he was supervising the country before, he never encountered such a fierce quarrel!
Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Liu Chan yelled: "Stop arguing! Those who don't want to fight go back to the city, and those who want to fight stay."

In an instant.

Both the scribes headed by Fa Miao and Pang Hong and the warriors headed by Zhang Bao and Wei Chang stopped their quarrels one after another.

Seeing that no one was leaving, Liu Chan said decisively: "Since no one is leaving, let's prepare for war!"

"Zhang Bao, Wei Chang, Huo Yi, and Zhao Tong, the four of you lead troops to defend the ruins of Fancheng, taking advantage of the geographical advantages as much as possible."

"The remaining scribes should lead the people back to Xiangyang, and do not let the people suffer military disasters."

Fa Miao was startled: "Prince, where are you going?"

Liu Chan solemnly said: "I will not stay in Fancheng, nor will I return to Xiangyang; I will stay on the warships in the Han River, beating drums and cheering for the troops!"

Not staying in Fancheng was to avoid further quarrels between civil and military forces and waste time.

The reason for not returning to Xiangyang was to reassure the soldiers who stayed in Fancheng.

Beating drums to cheer up is to boost morale.

Under the current circumstances, Liu Chan's decision was relatively appropriate.

Cao Wei's cavalry is about to arrive, how can we let the civil and military quarrels continue.

As a general, you cannot be indecisive.

All the civil and military officials agreed with Liu Chan's decision and stopped arguing.

Set up your defenses and retreat when you retreat.

Not long after.

There were only a thousand sergeants left in Fancheng who were willing to fight, and most of the remaining scribes and people retreated to Xiangyang.

Although they had quarrels with Zhang Bao and others, Fa Miao and Pang Hong still stubbornly stayed with Liu Chan.

If you are incapable of planning, you can accept it; if you are greedy for life and afraid of death, you will never accept it.

Both Fa Miao and Pang Hong have their own persistence and do not want to insult the honor and reputation of their ancestors.

Fazheng dared to block Liu Bei's arrows, and Pang Tong dared to go to the front line in person.

If the parents are not afraid of death, how can the children be afraid of death and humiliating the family?
"what?"

"Response so quickly?"

Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang were slightly surprised by Liu Chan's response.

I wanted to catch him by surprise again, but I never thought that the other party was already prepared.

This surprise only lasted for a short period of time, and Cao Xiu quickly made a decision:

"Quickly run through Fancheng!"

"If you see Han dog supplies, set them on fire!"

"Don't stay in Fancheng."

"Quick victory!"

Cao Xiu couldn't help but sneer.

What about being responsive?

Many parts of Fancheng are in ruins. Can they stop my elite cavalry?
Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang led their cavalry in from the east gate, showing their arrogance.

Seeing that stones and wood were piled up in the middle of the city, Cao Xiu ordered some of his cavalry to dismount and pile up nearby fodder in an attempt to burn the stones and wood.

It was just the thick smoke coming out of the supplies that caught Cao Xiu off guard.

Although these damp stone and wood materials had been exposed to the sun for several hours, they were not dried.

The fodder ignited the wood and created a large amount of smoke.

"what's the situation?"

"Is all this wood damp?"

"Don't play if you can't afford it. Is Xiangyang so poor?"

"unlucky!"

I wanted to burn all the stone and wood materials, but it turned out that most of them were difficult to ignite.

The thick smoke that rose up made Cao Xiu's nose uncomfortable, and he couldn't help but choke a few times.

"withdraw!"

Cao Xiu saw that he could not ignite the supplies, so he ordered to retreat outside the city.

Just as the cavalry was halfway back, a gong sounded sharply.

The sergeants of the Jiangwutang who were reduced to pieces emerged from the bunker one after another after hearing the sound of the gong.

Arrows from all directions were thrown at Wei Qi on the main road of Fan City.

"Kill Wei Gou!"

"Kill Wei Gou!"

"Kill Wei Gou!"

The shouts of killing came and went.

Wei Qi, who was caught off guard, immediately fell off his horse and killed several people.

Cao Xiu's expression changed drastically and he shouted urgently: "Get out of the city quickly!"

The cavalry cannot be used in this dilapidated Fancheng.

Zhang Bao and others have bunkers and can even hide under the ruins.

The terrain was not conducive to the cavalry, so Cao Xiu naturally would not let the cavalry dismount to confront Zhang Bao and others head-on.

Going to the open areas outside the city is where the cavalry can take advantage.

However, it was not that easy for Cao Xiu to retreat. Zhang Bao used the ruins in Fancheng to engage in street fighting with Cao Xiu.

If you can hit it, hit it. If you can't hit it, immediately replace it with a more favorable terrain based on the ruins.

Close?

You're stupid to get close to the cavalry!

With a bow and arrow in hand, who can engage in melee combat?

When Cao Xiu finally exited Fancheng and counted his troops, he found that in that moment, more than ten cavalry were lost, and dozens of people were accidentally shot and injured!

Just one pass through Fancheng resulted in nearly fifty casualties. Cao Xiu felt extremely insulted!

This is cavalry. Raising one cavalry is equivalent to raising five infantrymen.

If converted into cost, Cao Xiu's casualties were equivalent to nearly 300 in World War I.

How could Cao Xiu be at peace with such a loss?

What made Cao Xiu even more angry was that Zhang Bao and others in the city did not leave the city, so they waited for Cao Xiu to enter the city.

"go back!"

Cao Xiu reined up his horse and left.

The materials in Fancheng were damp and could not be burned in a short period of time; there were Zhang Bao and others hiding in the city relying on the ruins of the ruins.

Cao Xiu suffered a big loss in this second surprise attack!
Xia Houshang also felt aggrieved.

The loss of men and horses is acceptable, but the loss of men and horses before the opponent's supplies have been burned is unacceptable.

Doesn't this mean: the other party wins?
On a warship on the Han River.

Fa Miao and Pang Hong were a little confused: Are you going to retreat now?
According to Fa Miao and Pang Hong's understanding, Wei had Qianqi, so he would have to fight for half an hour no matter what.

What Fa Miao and Pang Hong didn't understand was that unless they were facing a decisive battle or were ordered to attack and break off the rear, they would fight for half an hour or even several hours.

Most of the time, they just walk away when the situation is bad.

Who would waste money with you?
Not to mention only dozens of casualties, Cao Xiu felt that it would be a shame for men and horses to be injured.

Zhang Bao, Wei Chang and others had fought on the battlefield, so naturally they knew the secrets better.

The competition is about who has more courage and who dares to fight harder.

If Cao Xiu dared to compete with Zhang Bao in Fancheng, Zhang Bao and his thousands of men would lose at least half of their troops.

But for Zhang Bao to lose more than half of his more than a thousand men, Cao Xiu had to pay a heavy price.

After all, Zhang Bao and others were breaking up into pieces and relying on a narrow geographical location, rather than forming a formation to confront Cao Xiu head-on.

"The performance is quite good. It actually made Cao Xiu retreat."

On the city floor.

Zhuge Qiao was not stingy in his praise.

Although Cao Xiu did not suffer much loss, Cao Xiu's retreat was a victory.

The new army of Jiangwutang was established not long ago, and the running-in period was also very short. The results were beyond expectations.

Guan Xing raised the corner of his mouth: "Qianqi dared to come to Xiangfan to show off his power. He really regarded himself as a figure." "Bosong, you only let me see the thick smoke, not the fireworks."

Zhuge Qiao chuckled: "It's not easy to watch the fireworks, but do you dare to follow me out of the city?"

Guan Xing said "Hey" and had a guess: "Are you going to Jiangbei with your five hundred useless flying horses to ambush Cao Xiu?"

Zhuge Qiao's eyes were bright: "It is disrespectful to come and not go back. Fancheng cannot be burned in vain."

Guan Xing smiled and said: "Aren't you going to use Cao Xiu to fish for Cao Ren? No more fishing?"

Zhuge Qiao said in a slightly positive tone: "Originally I was going to catch it, but you gave Adou the damp stone and wood."

"Not only did Cao Xiu's fire fail, it also aroused the blood of everyone in the martial arts hall."

"I once mentioned to Brother Xingguo that we can use the narrow terrain of the lanes to break the archers into pieces, and use single-soldier sniper tactics in the lanes."

"Although the people in the martial arts hall are not yet proficient in the art of formation and combined attack in the army, most of these people have practiced archery since childhood."

"Using the sniper tactics of individual soldiers traveling in the lanes is more effective than forming a combined attack."

"Brother Xingguo must have used this technique to stifle Cao Xiu in Fancheng."

"When Cao Xiu suffocated, the plan of arrogant soldiers will be ineffective."

"Since we can't make Cao Xiu arrogant, we can only make Cao Xiu fearful!"

Ma Zhong, Jufu, Zhang Yi, Mi Zhao and Wubai Wudang were riding in Jiangbei and had multiple tasks.

The most important task is to ensure Liu Chan's safety.

The second is to give Cao Xiu a hard blow when he retreats!
Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang led their cavalry back to Xinye in a hurry, and arrived at the small town of Xinye at nightfall.

Due to frequent wars, small cities such as Yancheng and Xinye are almost empty.

This area was equivalent to a strategic buffer zone, and the people either went to Xiangfan or Wancheng.

Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang set up camp in Xinye City and buried pots to make rice.

This surprise attack made Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang very dissatisfied.

If you have done something good in the early morning, you should stop as soon as you are done, otherwise you would not be as embarrassed as you are now.

"Why don't we take a rest tonight and go back tomorrow morning? Those Han dogs were lucky enough to win for a while, so they will be arrogant and unprepared." Xia Houshang suggested.

Cao Xiu shook his head: "The general's scouts can detect the changes in Fancheng."

"If the general knows the details, he will definitely be angry with us for sending troops without permission."

"As long as we return to Wancheng within the stipulated time, we can completely deny it."

"Fancheng is also the Fancheng of the Wei Dynasty. It is reasonable for us to burn Fancheng's supplies during our inspection."

"If we go to attack Fancheng again, the reasons we just gave will be useless."

Xia Houshang was angrily: "You are taking advantage of those Han dogs!"

Although he was very angry, Xiahou Shang had nothing to do. Cao Ren's military orders were in front of him and could not be violated easily.

Outside Xinye City.

Four generals, Ma Zhong, Jufu, Zhang Yi and Mi Zhao, quietly arrived with five hundred flying cavalry.

"How arrogant. We camped in Xinye City and didn't even close the city gate." Mi Zhao couldn't help but sneer after sensing Xinye City's defenses.

Zhang Ni also laughed: "Xinye is more than a hundred miles away from Fancheng, and there are few cavalry in Xiangyang, so it is normal for us not to take precautions."

Jufu was even more direct: "How to fight? Directly charge to kill, or kill in a roundabout way and outflank?"

Ma Zhong's eyes were cold: "It's rude to come and not return! It's better to burn Xinye!"

Mi Zhao held her chin: "If we burn down Xinye, we won't be able to keep Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang."

Jufu laughed when he heard this: "Then Cao Xiu is known as the Cao family's thousand-mile horse, and his riding and shooting are extraordinary. The four of us may not be our opponents."

"What's more, Cao Xiu and Xiahou still have thousands of horses, while we only have 500."

"To attack more with less and still keep Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang, Wudang Flying Cavalry will suffer too many losses."

"You want to go back and be trained?"

Mi Zhao put the long spear in his hand on his shoulder and smiled:
"The Wudang Flying Cavalry is composed of the most elite warriors in the Wudang Flying Army. Even if one of them is injured, the general will feel distressed for a long time."

"I don't want to be scolded."

"Then burn Xinye and scare Cao Ren and Xiahou Shang."

"If you are lucky, you can also capture some weapons and armor."

Immediately.

After careful discussion, the four people divided the five hundred flying cavalry into five villages.

The four villages were sent to Xinye City by Ma Zhong, Jufu, Zhang Yi and Mi Zhao for fire prevention. The last village was handed over to Zhuge Wang, Zhuge Qiao's cousin and Zhuge Jun's eldest son.

"Generals, my brother just asked me to practice. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to leave these soldiers and horses to me." Zhuge Wang felt a little panicked.

Ju Fu smiled and said: "You are the general's cousin. The general trusts you and allows you to come to Wudang Flying Cavalry to experience."

"Now is the time for training. Let's take these hundred cavalry and ambush outside the north gate of Xinye City."

"Just wave the flag and shout, don't fight in battle, first find the feeling of commanding the troops."

"The military junior high school will assist you in commanding the troops."

Zhuge Wang took a deep breath and obeyed the military order.

As the eldest son of Zhuge Jun, Zhuge Wang was young and energetic, and was unwilling to build a family business at home.

It happened that Zhuge Qiao also wanted to train Zhuge Wang, so he let the sixteen-year-old Zhuge Wang enter Wudang Flying Cavalry to experience.

Although Zhuge Jun was reluctant to give up, he did not stop him.

This young man has his own youthful thoughts, and forcing him to stay at home to study and farm will only make Zhuge Wang lose his temper.

It would be better to go to the military to gain experience while you are still young and gain experience.

With Zhuge Qiao's training, Zhuge Jun doesn't have to worry about Zhuge Wang being crooked in the military school.

Although Zhuge Wang was very unfamiliar both in his personal riding and archery skills and in his ability to command troops, Zhuge Qiao did not dislike him.

Zhuge Wang is only sixteen years old and still has time to cultivate and hone his skills.

Just like what Ju Fu just encouraged, first look for the feeling. Once you have the feeling, you will learn anything with half the effort.

Cao Xiu can be called the Thousand Mile Horse of the Cao family, not because Cao Xiu was a Thousand Mile Horse when he was young, but because he followed Cao Cao in his youth to fight in the north and south with Chen Liu.

It was his rich battlefield experience that won Cao Cao's praise of "a thousand-mile horse".

same.

Zhuge Qiao did not expect Zhuge Wang to become the Zhuge family's "thousand-mile horse" within two or three years, but hoped that Zhuge Wang could follow Zhuge Qiao and grow up in the battle.

In the future, he can also help Zhuge Qiao guard one side.

night.

Cool breeze.

Although spring has arrived, it is still a bit chilly in Xinye.

Just when Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang were sleeping, a burst of exclamations sounded: "Fire, fire, fire, it's on fire!"

Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang hurriedly climbed out of their tents. They were shocked to see the fire all around them, and felt even more panicked.

"Oops, it must be a Han dog that followed me to Xinye."

"Quickly, leave Xinye City."

Cao Xiu hurriedly put on his armor and led his guards towards the north gate of Xinye.

Xia Houshang did not dare to neglect. There were countless people in this dark night, so it was best to leave Xinye City and organize the army in an open area.

in the city.

Wudang Feiqi took advantage of the fire to shoot Wei Qi, and the fire directly made Wei Qi a living target.

Some of the fast ones rode their horses to follow Cao Xiu and Xiahou Shang out of the city, while the slow ones didn't even have time to get armor, weapons and horses, so they just ran away with their heads in their hands.

When Cao Xiu was counting outside the city, there were only 600 cavalry left to follow him out of the city, and the rest of the cavalry had no idea where they had gone!

"Damn Han dog!"

Cao Xiu was so angry that his eyes were about to burst.

Thousands of horses go out and six hundred ride home. How can you explain this to Cao Ren?

Are you going to Fancheng to burn some supplies?

Burning supplies and losing nearly half of the cavalry?

Although the lost cavalry would return to Wancheng one after another, Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang would definitely have to be punished by Cao Ren.

Before Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang could stabilize the military formation, Zhuge Wang, at the suggestion of the primary school commander, led his cavalry to wave flags and shout from a distance.

"If Zhuge Wang of Langya is here, he will die!" Zhuge Wang's voice was loud.

Cao Xiu didn't hear the word "Wang", but only heard the word "Zhuge", and he was even more shocked.

"Could it be Zhuge Qiao who's here?"

"Damn it, why is Zhuge Qiao in Xiangyang City!"

"I fell into Zhuge Qiao's trick!"

A person's name, the shadow of a tree.

In the past three years, Zhuge Qiao has gone from obscurity to fame, and the core civil and military officials in Cao Wei are quite afraid of Zhuge Qiao.

If he had known that Zhuge Qiao was in Xiangyang, Cao Xiu would never have thought of going to Fancheng to "pick up a bargain." But now that he didn't find a bargain, he almost got trapped in Xinye.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

Cao Xiu didn't care about Wei Qi who had not yet returned to the team, and led the remaining 670 people away in a hurry with Xia Houshang.

When Zhuge saw Cao Xiu leaving, he did not dare to chase him. Instead, he covered his chest to calm down.

For a moment, Zhuge Wang almost wanted to sprint directly.

"Is this the battlefield?"

"It was so dangerous, I almost couldn't control the panic in my heart."

Zhuge Wang took a deep breath and joined Ma Zhong and other generals.

When Jufu saw Zhuge Wang, he praised him: "As expected of the general's cousin, he is much stronger than when I first commanded the army."

Zhuge Wang said sheepishly: "The general is too flattering. If the colonel hadn't caught me just now, I would have panicked."

Jufu laughed: "It doesn't matter. If you experience it a few more times, you won't panic."

Ma Zhong looked at Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang who were walking away, and said calmly: "Cao Xiu will be suspicious when he sees that I won't chase them."

"Take the armor, weapons and horses left by Wei Gou and return to Xiangyang quickly."

The generals nodded, took away the armor, weapons and horses left by Wei Qi, and planted a wooden sign in the city.

There are a few lines of words engraved on the wooden plaque: The great Han auxiliary Han general commanded five hundred Wudang flying cavalry to scare Cao Xiu and Xiahou Shangqian from riding here.

really.

Shortly after Ma Zhong and other generals withdrew, Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang, who sensed something was wrong, led their troops back.

Xia Houshang judged: Xinye is more than a hundred miles away from Fancheng, and Jingzhou lacks cavalry, so there will never be too many people coming to Xinye.

Unfortunately.

Xia Houshang realized later. Although he guessed the reason, he could not change the result.

When Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang returned to Xinye City and saw the wooden sign erected, they were so angry that they split the wooden sign into eight pieces.

The content of the wooden sign is not very harmful, but it is extremely insulting!
Especially the word "scare off" takes the insult to the face to the extreme!
Even if they were defeated, Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang would not be so angry.

Scared off?

Doesn't that mean that Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang are two losers?
"Zhuge Qiao, I will kill you!" Cao Xiu stared fiercely in the direction of Xiangyang.

If looks could kill, he would probably have unleashed thousands of swords at this moment.

One side is angry, the other side is happy.

Wudang Flying Cavalry returned to Xiangyang City happily. Zhuge Wang reported to Zhuge Qiao in detail how he burned the new field to scare Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang away.

"Well done!"

"Go back and have a good rest first. After a while, I will let you see the real battle."

Zhuge Qiao praised Zhuge Wang generously.

Although Zhuge Wang was studying and farming before, the Zhuge brothers were born with genes for intelligence and wisdom.

Zhuge Wang's eyes were excited.

The real war must be the Northern Expedition!
"I will obey my brother's orders!"

When Zhuge saw that Zhuge Qiao was calm and relaxed, he was secretly envious and even more respectful.

(End of this chapter)