Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 289 The Controversy Between Shu and Wei (8)
As soon as these words came out, the generals realized why Sima Yi was unhappy and worried when he saw the Shu army retreating.Just imagine, it only took two hours for Zhuge Liang's thousands of troops to evacuate, and from the beginning to the end, they were able to make no sound at all. What does this mean?And the dozens of miles of camp sites they left behind were even more clean, without any debris left, as if no one had ever visited this plain. What does this mean?This shows that Zhuge Liang's [-] troops have reached the state of "being like one person" because of their strict discipline and capable style of work—Zhuge Liang is their brains, and they are Zhuge Liang's brothers and feet, and everything works in harmony like a complete, Healthy, nimble giants are as light and easy!
"We have to learn from them!" Sima Yi sighed.

However, the [-] Shu troops on the edge of Shangguyuan could not hear Sima Yi's heartfelt exclamation.They marched neatly in the direction of Hanzhong with the grief and indignation of their failure and the tranquility as deep as the sea.The sun had already set, and the entire army presented huge black silhouettes in the sky. From a distance, they looked like groups of silent lions, depressing and frightening.

After a long time, Sima Yi broke the silence on the watchtower, as if asking the generals, but also asking himself, "Now, what should we do?"

All the generals "swipe" all their eyes to Zhang He.Zhang He pondered for a moment, and said: "According to my subordinates, the Shu army is indeed retreating without food this time, so they must not dare to fight. But in the early stage of retreat, we should not lightly push their front. Arrows, coupled with the eagerness to resupply food and grass, will cause confusion on the way—then we can take the opportunity to snipe!"

Sima Yi, like all the generals, was quietly listening to Zhang Yun's talk.He gently stroked the long beard on his chest with his hand, just smiled slightly and said nothing.When others saw it, they all thought that General Sima's move was affirming and admiring Zhang He's words.However, Sima Yi looked calm on the outside, but his heart was full of thoughts: Regarding the analysis of the current situation of the Shu army, Zhang Yun was right, and every word and every word pointed to the vital point, as if it was right on the target.However, why did he, who had always acted low-key and calm, jump out so impatiently today to give advice on the military and show off his strengths?Perhaps he, Chen Qun and Hua Xin had already reached some agreement in private. As long as he made some achievements in the battle against Shu, Chen Qun and Hua Xin would echo him from a distance in the court, push him to power, and push him to the throne. Lose yourself?And now it is the final stage of the Battle of Yushu. For him, it is really an "opportunity not to be missed". Naturally, he can no longer hold back...

Thinking of this, Sima Yi couldn't help but a faint inexplicable smile flitted across his lips. He raised his eyes to look at Zhang Yun, nodded slowly, and said leisurely: "General Zhang is very resourceful, I admire him. Sigh... this commander I am old, and I am not flexible enough to move, so I invite General Zhang to perform this extraordinary feat!" At this point, his face turned serious, and he ordered: "General Zhang obeys the order, and this commander will send you [-] horses to ride quickly!" At the same time, the commander-in-chief led the army behind him, and when General Zhang dragged the Shu army in front and exhausted him, he launched a general attack and slaughtered the Shu army with the momentum of a tiger descending the mountain. Destroy!"

All the generals were elated and high-spirited when they heard this.Only Sima Shi was standing in the corner of the watchtower, and when he suddenly heard his father say such heroic and decisive words, without the previous timid and cautious attitude, his heart couldn't help being shaken, and he just stomped his feet secretly. He sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Father's actions are really unpredictable, it's too wonderful!"

Over there, Zhang Yun had already responded and left with the order.

Looking at the back of Zhang He hurriedly walking down the observation deck, Sima Yi stood quietly, not saying a word, but a cold light seemed to flash in the depths of his eyes, as bright and sharp as a knife's edge.

"General Zhang, ahead is the last pass for the Shu bandits to retreat into Hanzhong - the wooden gate!" The spies who came to report the news said hurriedly and nervously, "If we don't attack again, Zhuge Liang will not lose a single soldier." The entire division has withdrawn to Chengdu—by then it will be too late for us to act!"

After hearing this, Zhang He reined in his horse, looked up at the cliffs on both sides of the wooden doorway in front of him, saw the shadows of trees on the cliffs, he hesitated, and murmured: "You are right! But We only have 8000 cavalry to attack, and there are more than 2 soldiers left by the Shu bandits, how dare I put all my eggs in one basket? Let's wait a little longer! General Sima's follow-up army will arrive soon!"

As he spoke, he waved his hand to make the cavalry stop temporarily.At this time, a side general beside him murmured in a low voice: "General Zhang has always been brave. Has he become a little timid after following General Sima, who is as fearful of Shu as a tiger?"

Zhang He's ears have always been very keen, and he could hear the general's muttering clearly.He would not be angry because he was ridiculed by his subordinates as Sima Yi, who was so timid and timid, but he was really reluctant to watch tens of thousands of Shu bandits retreat into the wooden door. It is really useless!There are thousands of thoughts in his chest, divergent and intertwined in a mess.After being silent for a while, he gritted his teeth, drew his sword out of its sheath, and raised his arms and shouted, "Come on! Go up and destroy the Shu bandits!"

As soon as he gave this order, the eight thousand cavalry around him rushed out like a whirlwind, and rushed towards the Shu army who was slowly retreating into the narrow and steep wooden doorway that was as narrow and steep as the mouth of a canyon!
At this moment, the Shu army at the rear suddenly turned their spearheads together, formed a square formation, stepped forward, and greeted them!At the same time, one could only hear the sound of gongs and drums on the top of the cliffs on both sides of the entrance of the wooden doorway. The locusts, artillery like thunder, overwhelmingly pressed down on Zhang He and his [-] cavalry at the foot of the mountain!
Zhang Yun was shocked, and before he could react for a moment, the [-] cavalry under him were already dead, wounded, and fleeing, and they were immediately defeated!Just when he was in doubt, he heard another cannon fire in front of him. Wei Yanlai, a general of Shu, galloped out of the opponent's battle formation. The thieves will come to pursue them, so they have already laid a net here——Zhang He, you are hard to fly today, and you are doomed!"

Zhang Yun hurriedly waved his hand and ordered: "All generals, please suspend the attack and retreat quickly!" Unfortunately, his sonorous and forceful voice was already drowned out by the shouting of horses, sabers and guns on the battlefield at this moment. I can't control this messy situation at all!
At this moment, there was another sound of shouting and killing behind him.Zhang Yun didn't dare to look back, looked up to the sky and sighed, and hissed: "Unexpectedly, I, Zhang Yun, fought south and north and fought across the Central Plains. I have been a soldier and horse all my life, but today I am under the enemy's back and back, and I was framed by the Shu bandits under the wooden doorway!"

The side general beside him turned his head to look, but couldn't help being surprised, and shouted: "General Zhang! It's General Sima's brigade who has arrived!"

When Zhang Yun heard this, his heart was shocked, and he hurriedly turned his head to take a look. Sure enough, he saw a row of "Wei" flags flying high, and thousands of troops galloping towards them!It's really Wei Guo's reinforcements who have arrived!

I saw Sima Yi, Master Sima and his son charging forward, Guo Huai and Wei Ping guarded on both sides, and rushed straight to rescue Zhang He and Baqian Weiqi!
Zhang He was overjoyed immediately, turned around and reined in his horse and shouted to the cavalry: "Cavalry, go forward! Beat them to pieces!" Shouting, he took the lead and charged towards Wei Yan again!

Suddenly, with a "whoosh", a sharp arrow shot from nowhere, pierced through the air, and hit Zhang Yun's right knee!Hearing the soft sound of "Bo", Zhang Yun immediately felt that the sharp arrow penetrated deeply into the flesh, but it was not as painful as ordinary sharp arrows, but felt the itching of his right leg intermittently.When he looked down, he couldn't help but turn pale with shock—his entire thigh had swollen to the thickness of a small bucket in an instant!

It turned out that this is a sharp arrow that has been quenched with poison!Zhang Yun's thoughts turned, and he didn't have time to think about it. Without hesitation, he swung the sword in his right hand, and with a "cha", he chopped off his entire swollen thigh!

However, it was too late!The arrow poison was too powerful, it spread extremely fast in his body, and had already penetrated into the viscera!He suddenly felt dizzy in his head, and with the sound of "Dang", the sword could no longer hold it, and it fell to the ground.At the same time, he couldn't help shaking his whole body on the horse's back, and fell down slumped!
At the moment when he fell into the dust, he saw Sima Yi's face full of anxiety poking out in front of his eyes, as well as the deep wrinkles on his face.He struggled hard to say something to Sima Yi, but felt that his throat seemed to be choked, and he couldn't say anything.Finally, amidst the dangling vain feeling, his eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything...

In the battle of Mumendao, more than [-] Shu troops were wiped out, and countless supplies were captured. The record is naturally brilliant.When the Great Sima Cao Zhen was alive, the most enemies he destroyed was only [-] Shu troops.Therefore, this record is unprecedented.

However, the price paid by the Wei army was also heavy: Zhang He, the deputy commander of Guanzhong and the general of chariots and cavalry in Zhengxi, was shot by the crossbow arrows of the Shu bandits in this fierce battle, and died heroically on the spot.

In the imperial study room, Cao Rui stared at the battle report sent by Guanzhong and Sima Yi's apology about Zhang He, and looked at it for a long time.

Finally, he gently put the two memorials on the desk, and asked Sun Zi and Liu Fang who were standing beside him with a dull expression: "The battle of the wooden gate, the death of Zhang He, and the victory of our army——Qing?" How do you see it?"

Sun Zi and Liu Fang looked at each other, and said in a murmur, "Your Majesty, since Zhang He is dead, you don't have to worry too much about it. Do you remember the comet that fell from the sky at the beginning of this year? The warlocks said at that time: This celestial phenomenon , It symbolizes that there will be a military disaster this year, and the general will be lost... The courtiers thought that Cao Da Sima's illness and death in March had something to do with the sky... Unexpectedly, in the end, it was General Zhang's death and martyrdom that fulfilled the prophecy of the warlocks... This It's God's will!"

Cao Rui listened quietly, without saying a word.After a long time, he said slowly: "You go out, I want to think about it alone."

Sun Zi and Liu Fang hurriedly responded, and retreated cautiously and respectfully.The two of them came out of the imperial study room, walked a dozen steps forward silently, stopped at the same time suddenly, looked at each other with a sense of loss, looked around and saw that there was no one else, and then each took a breath and walked under the corridor. Standing shoulder to shoulder in the quiet place.

But seeing Liu Fang's expression was a little stagnant, he just looked up into the distance, and suddenly seemed to himself and Sun Zi, and said slowly: "Brother Sun, look at the emperor's attitude today... on the matter of General Sima Come on, are we a little too partial to him? Is he... is he really a loyal minister of the Great Wei Dynasty?"

(End of this chapter)