Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 219
Luo Zheng's camp is the commander of the Chinese army.

"Lord!"

Cheng Ying opened the tent and entered, bowing his hands in salute.

Luo Zheng waved his hand and didn't speak.

Cheng Ying didn't ask any more questions, and quickly entered the case sideways and took a seat.

Luo Zheng thought about it for a while, then raised his head and glanced at the civil and military generals who were waiting for him to speak, and said: "The situation in Long County is very delicate at the moment, and it will affect the whole body, Wenhe and Gongying, what do you two think? ?”

Cheng Yingdao: "I think that our army should not act rashly. Whether it is to attack Long County or Duan Yan, it will only be exploited by others. If our army suffers too many casualties, the master's plan to attack Liangzhou will be destroyed. Blocked."

Jia Xu also said: "I agree with this proposal."

Luo Zheng nodded slowly, and asked Chengying, "What's the matter with Ma Teng?"

Cheng Ying replied: "Ma Teng has nothing to do. He is just organizing the people in the city to repair the city defenses. It looks like he is going to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Let our army and Duan Yan fight for both sides, just to reap the benefits."

Luo Zheng said coldly: "I think it's beautiful, this general is not Lu Bu, how can he be used by Ma Tengpi."

All the generals nodded their heads again and again, sincerely convinced.

Gao Shun thought for a while, then suddenly said: "My lord, Duan Yan personally led an army of [-] troops out of Liangzhou, Guanzhong must be empty right now, why don't my lord order a part of the army to bypass Long County, rush into Chang'an with light clothes, and threaten the three assistants."

"Well, Boping's proposal is good."

Luo Zheng nodded. In fact, he had already had this idea and discussed it with Jia Xu.

The only concern is that their own strength is already at a disadvantage.

If the troops are divided again to attack Chang'an, once Duan Yan attacks with all his strength, will Gao Shun be able to hold the camp?

Even if the big camp can be defended in the end, if the casualties are too heavy, the plan to attack Liangzhou will also be hindered.

I only have more than [-]% of the troops under my command, and the rest of the field soldiers are not useful for the time being. I really don't have any extra bargaining chips to spend with Duan Yan. Besides, Ma Teng is still hiding in Long County to reap the benefits of the fisherman. How can he not be thoughtful? .

Cheng Ying looked at Jia Xu, saw that Jia Xu hadn't spoken, and immediately said: "I agree with General Gao Shun's proposal. Although our army is not as strong as Duan Yan's, most of them are cavalry; There are only [-] cavalry. As long as the lord orders a part of the army to attack Chang'an, I will not believe that Duan Yao dares to remain indifferent, and is not afraid of the catastrophic consequences of Chang'an's fall."

Luo Zheng waved his hand and said: "What if Duan Yan is attacking with all his strength?"

"This……"

Cheng Ying turned to look at Gao Shun, wanted to say something, hesitated for a while, but didn't say it after all.

Gao Shun said solemnly: "The final general is willing to lead his troops and horses to guard the camp to the death, and never let Duan Yan go half a step beyond the thunder pond."

Luo Zheng rubbed his brows and said: "With Boping leading the army to guard the camp, I naturally have nothing to worry about. But Boping's troops only have [-] infantry, and Duan Yan's troops are several times stronger. Even if Boping We can defend the camp, but if there are heavy casualties and forces affect our army's plan to attack Liangzhou, this general can't afford to lose it with just this little force!"

Gao Shun said excitedly: "My lord, don't worry, I have checked the surrounding terrain in the past. According to this, there are many mountain springs in the ditch mountains ten miles to the north. You just need to choose a high place to camp and set up a strong camp. As long as there is no shortage of food and grass, the general will It is certain that Duan Yan's [-] troops will be dragged on for three months, and the casualties will not exceed [-]% at most."

Luo Zheng's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "There is no joke in the army."

Jia Xu, Cheng Ying and others all looked sideways, this is no joke.

It's just that according to Gaoshun's temperament, he really doesn't look like someone who talks nonsense.

Gao Shun said proudly: "The final general is willing to issue a military order!"

Luo Zheng stared at Gao Shun for a long time before waving his hand and said: "Okay, that's the case, as Boping said."

Half an hour later, the army broke out and moved to a mountainside ten miles to the north.

Naturally, Duan Yan and Ma Teng's scouts could not hide such a big movement, and they had already been reported to the Chinese army.

After Duan Yan and Ma Teng received the news, they were very puzzled, not knowing what Luo Zheng was going to do.

Luo Zheng took Jia Xu, Cheng Ying, Gao Shun, Yan Xing and other generals to inspect the terrain in person, and finally decided on the place where the army camped at Gao Shun's proposal, and set up Dazhai on an extremely dangerous mountain. .

The middle of the mountain is bulging, and there are deep grooves on both sides. The slope is extremely steep, it is very difficult to climb, and it is good for defense.

Within a few days, a strong stronghold was built on the mountainside.

The weeds from the mountainside to the mountainside were all cleared, and the upper, middle, and lower villages were built respectively, and fortifications were built one by one, and the left and right sides of the mountain were only more than a hundred feet wide, which was very unfavorable for large-scale attacks.

Within the fence of Shangzhai, Luo Zheng, accompanied by Jia Xu, Cheng Ying, Gao Shun and others, was overlooking the entire Dazhai.

Halfway up the mountain, the soldiers were sweating profusely, busily busy.

A series of pits were dug, and the sharpened antlers were inserted upside down and fixed to death.

Pieces of large bluestones were carried over and placed behind the fence of the camp. Just waiting for Duan Yan's army to attack, these big guys weighing tens of hundreds of catties will become the sharpest weapons and take away a large number of enemy soldiers. life.

The more Luo Zheng looked at it, the more relaxed his expression became, and he said happily: "With such a favorable terrain, coupled with fortifications, this general is really more and more confident. Even if Duan Yan fights [-] troops, he may not be able to attack Go to the village."

Jia Xu caressed his beard and said: "At most half a month, if Duan Yan can't break through our army's stronghold, he must retreat. Otherwise, if our army breaks through Chang'an and affects the whole body, let alone Guanzhong The situation in Luoyang and even the general situation of the world will be affected by the chaos. The consequences of the loss of Chang'an are not something Duan Yan can bear."

Cheng Ying also said: "It is also possible that once our army divides up to attack Chang'an, Duan Yao will return to the army immediately."

Luo Zheng shook his head, didn't say anything, turned his eyes around below, and said: "Although this camp is strong, it is not impeccable. Our army's food and grass can only be eaten for about 20 days at most. Even if Squeeze and leave more rations for Boping, and it won't take more than a month. If Duan Yao leads an army to besiege, the village will collapse without attacking as soon as the rations run out."

Cheng Ying said: "This is not a problem, Duan Yao definitely can't wait for a month."

Luo Zheng nodded and said to Gao Shun: "Boping, I will leave it to you here."

Gao Shun said solemnly: "My lord, don't worry, the general will not disgrace his fate."

Luo Zheng didn't say anything more, flicked his cloak, and strode down the mountain.

In the evening, Duan simmered at the camp.

"General, it's not good!"

A small school quickly rushed into the big tent of the Chinese army, cupped his hands to Duan Yan and said: "The scout reported that Luo Zheng led 1 cavalry to go around Long County to attack Chencang. We have already passed Longguan. General, please hurry up!" decision."

"what?"

Duan Yan was taken aback, "Luo Zheng led the cavalry to attack Chencang?"

The little principal replied quickly, "Exactly."

A general cheered up and said loudly: "Luo Zheng has only [-] troops, and the soldiers are not as good as our army. Now he dares to separate the cavalry that occupies more than half of the troops to attack Chen Cang. According to the general, this is simply looking for death .”

"Yes, Luo Zheng is looking for death!"

Someone joined in and said: "Without most of the cavalry, only Gao Shun's [-] infantry are left. Our army is several times stronger than that. General, please send troops quickly to defeat Luo Zheng's camp in one fell swoop, so that Hanyang can be settled."

Some generals also disagreed and said: "If Luo Zheng enters Guanzhong and breaks Chang'an, so what?"

As soon as these words came out, most of the generals immediately laughed at them.

The previous general sneered and said: "There are still two thousand troops guarding Chang'an. Although Luo Zheng has more than ten thousand cavalry, he does not carry any siege equipment. Moreover, Chang'an City has a high wall and thick walls. How can Luo Zheng's cavalry kill them with horses?" Is it possible to go to the top of the city?"

"This……"

The opposing general was speechless for a while, unable to answer.

The general said proudly again: "As long as our army breaks through Luo Zheng's camp and then returns to Chencang, if Luo Zheng's more than ten thousand cavalry don't enter the pass, it will be fine, but if they enter the pass, they will become turtles in the urn. There is no escape."

"General, please send troops quickly to flatten Luozheng Dazhai."

Almost most of the generals were in high spirits and shouted for battle.

Duan Yan frowned and got up and took a few steps, then suddenly made up his mind, and shouted: "Hurry up and prepare. Tomorrow morning, we will bury the pot for cooking, and send troops at five o'clock to level the Gaoshun camp."

"The last will obey."

All the generals agreed with a bang, got up and strode out of the tent.

Early the next morning, before dawn, there was a continuous sound of horns in the huge military camp.

Teams of infantry scolded at the official school and quickly drove out of the camp to assemble.

In addition to leaving [-] infantry guarding the camp, [-] troops rushed out to Gaoshun's camp.

However, in order to prevent Ma Teng from taking the opportunity to sneak out of the city, Duan Yao also made sufficient preparations. The cavalry with [-] soldiers on the side ran to Long County from time to time, so that Ma Teng, who was hiding in Long County, was ready to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Dare to act rashly.

Long County, Ma Teng's official residence.

Pang Teng paced back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, his thick eyebrows tightly knit together.

After a while, there were hurried footsteps outside the hall.

A majestic general pushed the door open, clapped his hands loudly and said: "I have seen the Lord."

Ma Teng waved his hand, and said in a deep voice: "No, have you ever found out why Duan Yan's army came out in full force?"

The general said with a clang: "It has been inquired clearly. A few days ago, Luo Zheng moved the camp to a mountainside ten miles away, and set up a big village. He ordered Gao Shun to lead [-] troops to guard the big village. He personally led more than [-] cavalry around. After crossing Long County, I went to Chen Cang. Now Duan Yan has come out in full force, and it seems that he wants to smash Luo Zheng's camp in one fell swoop."

"It is so!"

Ma Teng's eyes narrowed, and then he said excitedly: "Okay, the general is afraid that Luo Zheng and Duan Yan will not move, so our army may not last long, the city will run out of food, and the food in the counties will not be able to arrive. Long County. Now that Mr. Luo Zheng leads the army to attack Guanzhong, it seems that he is not going to spend it in Long County and Duan Yan, which is really great."

The general hurriedly said: "My lord, there are only two thousand infantry in Duan Yao's camp, should our army go out of the city to attack?"

Ma Teng asked: "Is Duan Yan prepared against our army?"

"Uh……"

The general choked, and said, "Duan Yao's five thousand cavalry have been wandering outside the city."

"That's it!"

Ma Teng said in a deep voice: "Since Duan Wei dared to attack Luo Zheng's camp with all his strength, how could he be defenseless against our army? He ordered all the ministries not to act rashly, just guard the city well, and never go out to fight privately, so let us Duan Yan and Luo Zhenggou bite the dog!"

"As ordered."

The general promised loudly and ran out immediately.

Linjing, Lu Bu's official residence.

"My lord, what did Duan Yan say?"

Seeing that Lu Bu looked away from the letter, Wei Xu hurriedly asked.

"Hahaha!"

Lu Bu laughed three times, and said loudly: "Duan Yan wants to invite this general to join the expedition against Luo Luo, what do you generals think?"

"This……"

Wei Xu caressed the willow beard and pondered.

Hao Meng, Cheng Lian, Hou Cheng and other generals were also pondering, obviously quite moved.

The Bingzhou army was so miserable by Luo Zheng, and now it is a good opportunity to take revenge.

Lu Bu said again: "After Duan Yan promised to defeat Luo Zheng, he would only take the three counties under Ma Teng's rule, and the Jincheng and Wuwei counties under Luo Zheng's rule would belong to my general. Tell me, what do you think?"

Zhang Liao said in a deep voice: "My lord, the general thinks that it is best for our army to stand still and stop intervening in the battle in Liangzhou. Let Luo Zheng, Ma Teng, and Duan Yan fight to the death. Our army should take this opportunity to seize the time." Rest."

Lu Bu asked in surprise, "Why?"

Zhang Liao said: "Duan Yao didn't have any good intentions. Right now, Duan Yan and Luo Zheng are in a stalemate, with Ma Teng sandwiched between them. The three parties are avoiding each other and dare not act rashly, lest they be taken advantage of by others. Our army and Ma The First Battle of Teng suffered heavy casualties. Although there are still thousands of soldiers and horses, there is no food every other month, and there is a shortage of soldiers and armor, and the strength is not as good as Duan Yan. Even if we can defeat Luo Zheng's army, if Duan Yan repents, what will our army do? Compete with Duan Yan for Jincheng and Wuwei counties? And maybe once Luo Zheng is defeated, Duan Yan will turn around and deal with our army, and I am afraid that even An Ding and Beidi will not be able to defend."

Zang Ba said solemnly: "Wen Yuan is right, and the last general thinks so too."

"This……"

Lu Bu immediately thought of the key point, and couldn't help but feel awe-inspiring.

Wei Xu said disapprovingly, "Zhang Liao, you must be a bit of a villain and jealous of a gentleman's belly, right?"

Hao Meng, Cheng Lian, Hou Cheng, Cao Xing and other generals also agreed, feeling that Zhang Liao was thinking too much.

If you are so afraid of wolves before and tigers after everything, what else can you do, why not go home and hug your girls.

Lv Bu is not stupid, he thinks much farther than Hou Cheng and the others. He knows that the situation in Liangzhou is delicate now, and all the princes are trying their best to calculate, some want to borrow a knife to kill someone, or want to drive a tiger to devour a wolf. It is possible to be plotted by other princes again. Before that, Luo Zheng's poisonous plan was used to frame the blame, and he was forced to fight with Ma Teng to lose both sides. This is a bloody lesson.

After suffering such a big loss, how can I not have a long memory.

But Lu Bu thought about it, and said decisively: "Wen Yuan is right, Duan Yan is not a good person like Luo Zheng, and it is unreasonable to want to use this general. Come on, give Duan Yan's envoy to this general. go out."

"As ordered."

Long ago, there were personal soldiers who responded to the order and rushed out with big strides.

Envoy Duan Yao, who was waiting for a reply, was drinking tea when he saw a few Bingzhou soldiers rushing in like wolves and tigers. He was beaten out with a stick, and by the time he fled out of the camp in embarrassment, his head was bleeding and his body was bruised.

(End of this chapter)