A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 446: If you lose in a row, you should give first, and if you are in Shu, you should worry first
Danqu, Liu Qi's military camp.

Due to staying in the military camp for many years, Liu Qi, who used to be a handsome gentleman, has now been infected with a lot of military spirit, giving people a soft yet strong feeling, showing his heroic spirit.

Such a handsome young master was very worried at this time.

"Father Zhong, our army has been defeated in succession, and we are about to lose Ba County to Cao Jun. When Jiangzhou falls, Cao Jun's cavalry enters Yizhou, and they will enter an uninhabited country.

Does Father Zhong have a clever plan now? "

Faced with Liu Qi's extremely worried tone, Zhuge Liang seemed very leisurely, shaking his feather fan and falling asleep.

As of this year, Zhuge Liang is already over forty years old, but he still can't resist his handsome appearance when he was young, and he looks like a beautiful uncle.

"General, don't worry. Mr. Zhuge is so leisurely. He must have a good plan in mind."

Fazheng on the side saw Zhuge Liang's relaxed manner and understood that he must have already had a countermeasure, so he comforted Liu Qi.

Since coming to Liu Qi's tent, Fazheng admired Zhuge Liang's character and methods ten thousand times, and directly regarded him as his target.

"Oh? Father Zhong, is it true what Xiaozhi said? Since we have countermeasures, why don't you tell me, Father Zhong, and stop being so secretive."

Liu Qi couldn't help but said happily when he heard Fazheng say that Zhuge Liang must have a way.

Zhuge Liang opened his eyes and said slowly:

"Now that King Zhao has proclaimed himself emperor, the Han Dynasty is prosperous, but due to the national strength, it is unable to continue to pacify Cao Sun.

Since we are officials of the Han Dynasty and receive the salary of the Han Dynasty, we should naturally build cities for the Han Dynasty.

As the saying goes, if you ask for something, get it first.

Now I give Cao Pi half of the eastern part of Yizhou, and one day I will take the whole of Hanzhong. "

Liu Qi was surprised and said: "What Father Zhong said is too confident. Now our Ba County is unable to defend and is in danger. Where can we find the strength to capture Hanzhong?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing. Liu Qi had no choice but to give up and continue to ask questions. Only Fazheng was thoughtful.

April
Cao Pi was very happy to learn that Li Dian had captured the counties of Brazil and Badong. He believed that Yizhou would be surrendered soon, and immediately issued an edict to confer Li Dian as the General of Zhenxi, leading the army, the governor of Yizhou, and controlling generals Xu Huang and Cao Hong. , continue to attack Bajun, and wait for the Japanese army to enter Shu.

Xiahou Shang was also appointed as the governor of Brazil County, and Cao Hong was appointed as the governor of Badong County.

In order to enrich the population of Hanzhong and resist the Zhao army in Guanzhong, Cao Pi instructed several people to continuously migrate the population of Yizhou to Hanzhong as the foundation of South Korea.

April 15th

Zhuge Liang, Liu Qi, Fazheng, Yi Ji, Kou Feng, Huang Zhong, Yan Yan and others climbed a high mountain near Danqu, pointing to the canyon not far away:
"This place is called Wakou Pass. The terrain is steep and the mountain road is narrow. It should be the place where Li Dian was buried."

Liu Qi on the side looked at it from a distance and saw that it was indeed a dangerous terrain. He worriedly said: "Li Dian is a veteran general and may not be able to enter such a dangerous place."

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said mysteriously: "Let's take a look at Liang's operation."

April 16

Zhuge Liang ordered Wei Yan to lead three thousand troops and go to challenge Li Dian's camp. They could only lose but not win. The two sides fought for many rounds. Wei Yan pretended to be defeated and fled the battlefield. Li Dian led his army to pursue and kill more than a hundred Shu troops.

Seventeenth

Huang Zhong led four thousand troops to invite a battle, but Li Dian went to fight as usual. After dozens of rounds, Huang Zhong pretended to be old and frail, lost his strength, abandoned his sword and ran away. Li Dian wanted to pursue him, but Huang Zhong shot Doudun away with an arrow, but he did not dare. Chase again and lead the army back to the stronghold.

The next day, Huang Zhong came to challenge again, asking for a competition in archery. If he won, he would return his sword. If Li Dian won, he would avoid him when meeting him in the future.

Li Dian agreed. In the end, he narrowly won with an advantage of one arrow. Huang Zhong covered his face and walked away. Li Dian laughed and said: "All the people in Shu are old, weak, sick and disabled, and there are no generals. I, Li Dian, can win for your majesty." Go to Yizhou."

19th

Yan Yan also came to challenge. Upon seeing this, Li Dian mocked:

"There is really no one in Shu. Huang Zhong is old. You, Yan Yan, are also in their fifties. If you don't take care of yourself at home and wait for the harvest, how dare you go to war?"

Yan Yan was furious, raised his sword and slapped his horse, but was defeated in the end and fled with the defeated army.

20th

This time, Li Dian personally led the army to the Shu camp, constantly insulting the Shu army and begging for war.

Zhuge Liang sent Kou Feng to fight.

After all, Kou Feng was still young and his martial arts skills were acceptable, but he was not as experienced as Li Dian. In the end, if Wei Yan had not come to the rescue, he would have been killed by Li Dian.

Subsequently, Zhuge Liang ordered the entire army not to go to war and put up a no-war card.

Seeing this, Li Dian became even more arrogant and came to Shu camp to challenge him every day. The morale of Cao's army was at its peak.

25th
Zhuge Liang ordered the entire army to break camp and retreat twenty miles.

27th
Withdrew another ten miles.

28th
Liu Qi abandoned Danqu City.

I saw Li Dian leading his army slowly into the city. He was very proud. He pointed at the retreating Shu army in the distance and said:

"The Shu army is weak, so it is up to me, Li Dian, to make contributions."

29th
The two armies fought fifteen miles south of Danqu. In the end, the Shu army was defeated and disbanded.

I saw the Shu army discarding their helmets and armor, throwing their flags on the ground casually, and scattered and fled to the west.

Li Dian immediately ordered the entire army to pursue and expand the victory, which would inevitably leave all Liu Qi's troops in Danqu.

Wei Yan led the defeated army and continued to flee for his life under the banner of Liu Qi and Zhuge Liang.

Soon he saw Wakou Pass in front of him, and then looked at Li Dian who was approaching behind him. He sneered, then quickened his pace and passed the mountain road.

Li Dian ordered to stop at the crossing, looked at the terrain here, and hesitated. At this time, the commander on the side said:
"General, just now I saw Liu Qi's commander's flag among the defeated troops passing through this mountain road, and a scribe wearing green clothes and riding a horse, beside the commander's flag."

Li Dian was overjoyed: "This must be the direction in which Liu Qi and Zhuge Liang are escaping. You must not let Liu Qi and others escape to make achievements with this general!"

After dozens of consecutive days of great victories, and the fact that Cao Pi sent envoys to praise him as the best general among them all, Li Dian was so proud that he became even more eager to obtain military honors to fulfill his title, and even hoped that he could be ranked among the Three Lords.

When Li Dian was in a hurry to pursue the Shu army, he suddenly saw a veteran general standing on horseback with swords, shields and spearmen standing in the middle of the mountain road, blocking his way. It was Yan Yan.

Although Li Dian was a little surprised, he knew that Yan Yan was not good at martial arts, so he felt confident and went forward to fight alone.

Unexpectedly, after dozens of rounds, Yan Yan still had some strength left, which showed that his martial arts skills were not inferior to his own.

Li Dian immediately understood that he had fallen into a trap, turned away from Yan Yan, immediately slapped his horse and retreated, saying to his left and right: "Retreat!!! Hurry!" Just when Li Dian gave the order, densely packed banners and Shu troops suddenly appeared on both sides of the mountain. The one in front, dressed in Tsing Yi, is not Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang pointed his feather fan downwards and fired thousands of arrows. Wei Yan prepared the defeated army and joined the battlefield from behind Yan Yan. The two armies started fighting in the narrow mountain road.

It was difficult for Cao's army to turn in the long and narrow mountain road, and there was even a stampede.

And how could Li Dian resist the flanking attacks of Yan Yan and Wei Yan?

In less than thirty rounds, Yan Yan killed him with a sword.

The general was beheaded, and some Shu troops were shooting arrows and throwing stones on the mountain. Li Dian led thousands of Cao's troops into the mountains, but only a hundred people escaped from Wakou Pass.

When the news of Li Dian's death reached the ears of Xu Huang in the rear of Cao's army through the rout, he was shocked and quickly led his army to retreat.

At the same time, Huang Zhong led a thousand troops to fight out of the woods on the side and suddenly met the enemy. Cao's army was defeated and fled in disarray.

Huang Zhong then took advantage of the situation to reoccupy Danqu.

May 6
Zhuge Liang led his army to pursue the victory and recaptured the counties of Hanchang, Xuanhan, Nanjiang and Wanyuan.

Only Cao General Xu Huang, Cao Hong, and Xia Houshang, the governor of Brazil County appointed by Cao Pi, fled back to Hanzhong with a thousand remaining soldiers, over the mountains.

Seeing that Cao Jun disappeared on Micang Road, Zhuge Liang called Kou Feng, handed him a letter, and ordered him to browse Yinping Road again, sneak into the pass, and give it to Xu Shu who was stationed in the pass.

May 20

Xu Shu met Kou Feng again and saw Zhuge Liang's letter. He couldn't help but said happily:

"Kong Ming is really your Majesty's humerus. Although he has not devoted himself to your Majesty, he has made greater contributions than the other ministers."

Immediately ordered Zhang He to lead 10,000 troops, march south to Hanzhong, mobilize Cao's army in Hanzhong, and create opportunities for Zhuge Liang.

The Korean troops in Guanzhong learned that the Han army intended to go south and immediately informed Hanzhong.

After Xia Houyuan received the information, he immediately organized his army to prepare for war without blaming Xu Huang, Cao Hong, and Xia Houshang who had escaped.

He devoted himself wholeheartedly to the war with Zhang He, and only a piece of paper reported the details of the battle at Danqu to the court.

However, although the three of them lost their troops and generals, Li Dian was the commander-in-chief after all, and he died.

Therefore, all the blame now naturally falls on Li Dian. The three of them were only blamed a few words and did not receive any substantial punishment.

But he said that Cao Pi was mobilizing troops and horses here, preparing to take Yizhou in one fell swoop next year through the gap created by Li Dian.

Now that he learned that Li Dian died and his entry into Shu was blocked, he couldn't help but be furious.

In front of all the ministers, he scolded Li Dian for being useless, but he couldn't remember at all what happened when he praised Li Dian in public for being the leader of good generals.

But at this point, he had no choice but to order a halt to the military strategy and preparations for the invasion of Shu, and find other ways to do it. He also kept an eye on the war in Hanzhong and was prepared to send reinforcements to support Xiahou Yuan when his army was exhausted.

May 28
The Han army came out of Baoxie Road and arrived at Baozhong City in Hanzhong, but Xia Houyuan had already been prepared and set up camp in Baozhong.

The two armies fought against each other for a while that day, and in the following days, the two armies faced each other, winning or losing, and neither could do anything to the other.

This stalemate lasted for more than fifty days.

July
Just when Xia Houyuan thought that the Han army had exhausted its supplies and was about to retreat someday.

Suddenly it was learned that the Xicheng behind them had been captured. The Yizhou army left Shu from Ziwu Road and made a surprise attack on the Xicheng. Now they are heading towards Nanzheng.

"What?" Xia Houyuan grabbed the messenger who reported the news and became furious, and then said in disbelief:

"Liu Zhang has always been a coward. Where did he get the courage to take over my Korean counties?"

"General, now that the matter is over, let's think of a way to escape.

Now that Xicheng has fallen, our army's road back to Jingzhou from the east has been blocked. If Zhang He captures Baozhong again and blocks the enemy from the front and back, our army of more than 10,000 men will be annihilated in Hanzhong. "

Xia Houyuan kept pacing in the tent, and then immediately ordered:

"Order Xu Huang to lead his troops and garrison Baozhong to buy time for our army to withdraw westward.

Xia Houshang was ordered to serve as the supervisor of the army and stationed in Baozhong together with Xu Huang.

Since returning eastward has become a luxury now, it is better to enter Liangzhou from Wudu County as soon as possible to save the lives of these more than 10,000 soldiers in Korea. "

July 13

Xia Houyuan led Cao's army of 15,000 men and evacuated from Nanzheng to Ju County of Wudu overnight, leaving only Xu Huang's 3,000 men stationed in Baozhong to confuse the Han army.

July

Zhuge Liang led his army to attack Nanzheng, the capital of Hanzhong, which was garrisoned by only a few hundred people.

Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of Shu troops appeared in Baozhongnan, and Zhang He's troops surrounded Xu Huang. Apparently, Xu Huang was abandoned by Xia Houyuan.

"Asshole, Xiahou Yuan misled me and promised to give me the order to retreat once the army has safely withdrawn from Hanzhong. Where is the order? The Shu army has all arrived at my city. I am XXXX."

Faced with Xu Huang's abuse, his trusted generals didn't know what to do.

After venting, Xu Huang sat back down again with a gloomy face:
"Since Xia Houyuan is unjust, don't blame me, Xu Huang, for being unfaithful.

Xu Zhen, you immediately lead the troops to arrest Xiahou Shang. I will use him as a surrender certificate. "

A general on the side immediately obeyed the order, but he returned empty-handed not long after:

"General, Xiahou Shang ran away. Some people said that he left the city with his personal guards last night and has not returned yet."

Xu Huang angrily kicked Shuai Ben in front of him, and said in an incompetent rage: "Kaicheng, surrender!"

In the afternoon of the same day, Xu Huang took his 3,000 troops and submitted a surrender form to Zhang He, saying that he was willing to accept any treatment from the Han army and that he was a bachelor.

Zhang Heyan couldn't decide on his own and wanted to report it to His Majesty for his decision.

In the end, Xu Huang's troops and horses were only put under guard, but there were no restrictions on Xu Huang, and he was asked to follow him back to Chang'an to see how Xu Shu would arrange it.

Once the praise dropped, the entire Hanzhong no longer had anything to do with South Korea.

In order to prevent the Korean army from attacking from Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang realized that he did not need to bring all his troops to Nanzheng as early as after capturing Xicheng.

Then he assigned thousands of people to Huang Zhong and Kou Feng to seize the gateway from Hanzhong into Jingzhou, Shangyong.

(End of this chapter)