Three Kingdoms

Chapter 49 Jiang Wei sent troops to attack Wei again
The news of Sima Zhao's seizure of power immediately let Jiang Wei know.Jiang Wei wanted to attack Wei again.So Jiang Wei personally went to the court to play the queen master Liu Chan and asked to send troops to the Northern Expedition.The Empress Liu Chan followed his advice and immediately asked him to lead the army of Shu to crusade against Wei.

Jiang Wei killed the Wei army generals Wang Jing and Chen Tai by surprise, and the Wei army was defeated in the first battle.Wang Jing and Chen Tai fled into Didao City in embarrassment, not daring to fight.

Jiang Wei defeated the Wei army, and he wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue.General Zhang Yi advised him not to send troops in pursuit, but Jiang Wei refused to listen and hurriedly pursued Wei Jun.

At this time, Deng Ai, a famous general of the Wei army, led troops to rescue Di Daocheng.Chen Tai asked Deng Ai for advice.Deng Ai said: "Jiang Wei is self-righteous and arrogant, and stormed Didao City, but Didao City is strong and difficult to attack, and the Shu army is futile. I will immediately lead my troops to lay an ambush near Xiangling. When the Shu army comes to sneak attack, they will definitely pass through Xiangling. , when the time comes, they will lie in ambush and be defeated!" Chen Tai admired Deng Ai very much.

Deng Ai immediately led his troops to Xiangling to ambush, waiting for the Shu army to come and ambush.

Jiang Wei besieged Didaocheng, and he was very restless after attacking for a long time without breaking through.Just as he was about to convene his generals to discuss how to capture Didao City, the shouts of killing outside the camp shook the sky, Jiang Wei was shocked, and hurriedly got on his horse and carried a spear to patrol.Jiang Wei saw that it was Chen Tai and Deng Ai who led the army to kill. The Wei army was aggressive, the gate of the Shu army camp had been broken by the Wei army, and the Shu soldiers retreated.

Jiang Wei fought with Deng Ai and Chen Tai for several rounds. Seeing that the Wei army was increasing and the Shu army was constantly retreating, he knew that he was doomed in this battle, so he hurried back to his horse, raised his gun and left. The killing continued, and the Shu army retreated along the way, retreated in a disastrous defeat, and retreated to Hanzhong.

Deng Ai defeated Jiang Wei, Chen Taiqi played the Wei Emperor Cao Mao, and Cao Mao immediately promoted Deng Ai to the rank.

Deng Ai expected that Jiang Wei would send troops again, and Chen Tai admired Deng Ai even more.

Sure enough, Jiang Wei sent troops to attack the Wei army again.The generals advised Jiang Wei many times not to send troops, otherwise the soldiers and horses would be exhausted and they would definitely lose to the Wei army.How could Jiang Wei listen to it.Lead the army out of Hanzhong and attack the Wei army directly.

Deng Ai, a famous general of the Wei army, knew Jiang Wei's method of using troops, so he had set up an ambush earlier, just waiting for Jiang Wei to attack.

Deng Ai led his troops on the road regardless of day and night, and ambushed in Wucheng Mountain.At this time, the Shu army had not arrived yet.Deng Ai immediately ordered his son Deng Zhong and his generals to lie in ambush in Duangu with [-] elite soldiers each.Everything was ready, Deng Aizhuan waited for the Shu army to be fooled again.

Jiang Wei set off from Dong Ting to Nan'an and came to the foot of Wucheng Mountain. Jiang Wei said to Xia Houba: "This mountain is called Wucheng Mountain. If our army captures this mountain first, there is no need to worry about attacking Nan'an. Let's not let Deng Ai strike first."

Jiang Wei was about to order to go up the mountain to occupy the dangerous mountain.At this time Deng Ai ordered the soldiers to rush down the mountain to fight the Shu army.The vanguard of the Shu army was defeated by the Wei soldiers. Jiang Wei rushed to rescue the vanguard. At this time, the Wei soldiers cunningly fled back to the top of the mountain. Jiang Wei ordered his soldiers to challenge Deng Ai's army on the mountain.Deng Ai's army shot back the Shu army with arrows on the mountain. Jiang Wei saw that the Wei soldiers could not come down to fight, and his own army couldn't charge up, so he was in a dilemma, so he ordered the troops to set up camp first.

In the middle of the night, Deng Ai led [-] soldiers and rushed down from the mountain. The Shu army was caught off guard and retreated one after another.

Jiang Wei was so angry that he had to discuss with Xia Houba: "Nan'an can't be captured, and now Deng Ai is blocking the way on Wucheng Mountain. It's better for our army to capture Shangyu. Shangyu is Nan'an's granary. Burn the enemy's granary. The enemy army will definitely be in chaos, and when the time comes, our army will be able to take advantage of the momentum to attack, and our army will be victorious." Xia Houba repeatedly applauded.So Jiang Wei led the army to march in the direction of Shangbi.After walking all night, when it was almost dawn, Jiang Wei saw the rugged mountain road and the steep terrain, so he immediately asked the guide: "What is this place?" The guide said: "It's Duangu." Jiang Wei was surprised and said: " What? Duangu? Isn’t that what Duangu means? If there is an enemy army ambushing here, our army will definitely be ambushed here, so hurry back!”

The Shu army was about to retreat, when the dust was flying behind the mountain, the Wei army came out aggressively, and Jiang Wei kept crying.Deng Zhong and Shi Zhan came to fight Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei retreated while fighting. At this time, the front was full of dust again. rewind!rewind!

Fortunately, at this time, Xia Houba led the troops to kill Jiang Wei and rescued Jiang Wei. The Shu army suffered heavy casualties and retreated.

Jiang Wei wanted to go back to Qishan Dazhai, when Xia Houba told him: "Qishan Dazhai was captured by the Wei army general Chen Tai, our general Bao Su was killed, and the whole village fled back to Hanzhong."

Jiang Wei didn't dare to attack Dong Ting again, so he hurriedly retreated to the remote mountain path.Jiang Wei personally covered behind.

At this time, Chen Tai, the general of the Wei army, suddenly led his troops out from the left side of the road.Jiang Wei was shocked, and the soldiers of the Wei army had already surrounded him.Jiang Wei was exhausted all over, and he rushed left and right to kill, but he still couldn't get out of the tight encirclement.Zhang Ni, the general of the Shu army, heard that Jiang Wei was besieged and killed by the Wei army, so he hurriedly led hundreds of cavalry to rescue Jiang Wei.Jiang Wei was rescued, but Zhang Ni was shot to death by Wei Jun's random arrows.

Jiang Wei fled back to Hanzhong with his remnant defeated generals without stopping.

The soldiers of the Shu army suffered heavy casualties, and the later lord Liu Chan demoted Jiang Wei's position, but still let Jiang Wei lead the army.

Sima Zhao often wanted to seize the throne, and for a while, Sima Zhao's heart was known to everyone, and even children were afraid of Sima Zhao.

After two more battles, the Shu army and the Wei army were defeated, and the morale of the army was greatly shaken. Since then, the morale has declined greatly.

Jiang Wei said to the soldiers: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs. Now our army has suffered a small setback, which is nothing. Success or failure can be decided in the next big battle. Soldiers, don't be sad. Just go down In the Second World War, if you all work hard to kill the enemy, our army will surely win."

Zhang Yi said: "The Wei army is all stationed in the Taoyang area. The Qishan Dazhai is undefended. I will lead the troops to attack; the general will lead the troops to deal with Deng Ai's troops in Taoyang. I will take down the Qishan Dazhai and capture Chang'an just around the corner. .”

Jiang Wei listened to Zhang Yi's suggestion and immediately assigned an army to Zhang Yi to attack Qishan Dazhai.Jiang Wei himself led the army to Houhe to challenge Deng Ai.Deng Ai and Jiang Wei fought once, but they couldn't hold out.

Deng Ai secretly ordered Deng Zhong to guard the camp, and led his own troops to attack the Shu army in Qishan.

Jiang Wei challenged for several days, but he didn't see Deng Ai to fight. He knew that Deng Ai had gone to Qishan to attack Zhang Yi's troops.So he left Fu Qian to stick to the camp, and led the army to rescue Zhang Yi's troops in Qishan.

Zhang Yi was attacking the Qishan Wei army fiercely, and he was about to capture the Qishan camp. Suddenly Deng Ai led his troops to kill, and after a while, the Shu army was defeated.

Zhang Yi was in a hurry to fight Deng Ai, when suddenly he heard shouts of killing from behind, and Wei Jun retreated one after another.Zhang Yi's soldiers all shouted: "General Jiang Wei has arrived!" Zhang Yi rushed to kill Deng Ai, who was flanked by the Shu army twice and suffered a big defeat. Deng Ai retreated to Qishanzhai and dared not fight again.Jiang Wei sent troops to surround Deng Ai.

The later master Liu Chan listened to the evil words of the treacherous minister Huang Hao, and recalled Jiang Wei to Chengdu.

The Empress Liu Chan did not go to court for ten days in a row. Jiang Wei didn't know what this meant.Jiang Wei met his secretary Lang Quezheng.Jiang Wei asked Quezheng: "The emperor ordered my teacher to return to court. Do you know why?"

But he smiled and said: "Why doesn't the general know? The emperor ordered Yan Yu to replace you, the purpose is to let him make military achievements. Now I heard that Deng Ai, the famous general of Wei State, was planning a long-term strategy. If he does not go to court for ten days, he is afraid that the civil and military officials will laugh at him for his improper use of generals."

Jiang Wei said angrily, "I must kill the traitor Huang Hao!"

But Zheng Zheng said: "The general will inherit the career of Prime Minister Zhuge. The responsibility is heavy and the task is arduous. Don't be too impulsive. If you annoy the emperor, I'm afraid it will be bad!"

Jiang Wei thanked him but was dissuading him.

The next day, the queen master Liu Chan and Huang Hao were drinking in the back garden, and Jiang Wei led several generals in.Someone told Huang Hao earlier, Huang Hao hurriedly hid behind a rockery.

When Jiang Wei saw the Empress Liu Chan, he knelt down and bowed, weeping and said: "I besieged Deng Ai in Qishan, and your Majesty ordered me to return to the court urgently. Is there anything urgent?"

The Empress Liu Chan did not speak.

Jiang Wei went on to say: "Huang Hao is treacherous and monopolizing power. Huang Hao should be killed as soon as possible, so that the country can be peaceful and the Central Plains can be restored."

The Empress Liu Chan said with a smile: "Huang Hao is just a little eunuch. Even if his official position is cut, what can he do? Back then, Dong Yun hated Huang Hao every time he saw him. I already blamed Huang Hao, and you Why bother about it."

Jiang Wei bumped his head to the ground, and said to the Empress Liu Chan, "If your Majesty doesn't kill Huang Hao today, a catastrophe will come."

The Empress Liu Chan didn't listen to what Jiang Wei said, but instead ordered his subordinates to go down and ask Huang Hao to come out and plead guilty to Jiang Wei.

Huang Hao stood up, bowed in front of Jiang Wei, shed tears and snot, and said to Jiang Wei: "Sooner or later, I only serve and take care of the emperor, and do not participate in national affairs. Please don't listen to rumors outside. My life In the hands of the general, I hope the general will spare me!"

Jiang Wei had nothing to do with Huang Hao, because the queen master Liu Chan was by his side to support Huang Hao, so Jiang Wei had no choice but to come out in anger.Jiang Wei went to Quezheng again, and told Quezheng about the conversation he had just had with Huang Hao.

But Zhengzheng was taken aback, and said to Jiang Wei: "The general is in danger, Huang Hao will definitely accuse the general, and the emperor will punish the general at that time. If the general is in trouble, then the Kingdom of Shu will be in danger!" "

Jiang Wei said: "Please tell me the way to defend the country and avoid catastrophe."

But Zheng Zheng said: "There is a place in Longxi called Tazhong, where the land is fertile. Why didn't the general learn from the method of Prime Minister Zhuge's farming in the past, and go to Tazhong to farm? There are four advantages to go to Tazhong: first , you can grow grain, and when the grain is harvested, it can be used as military rations. Second, you can capture all the places on the right side of Longxi. Third, the Wei army dare not attack Hanzhong. Fourth, the general controls the military power, and no one can frame you, so you can avoid disaster. General, let's go now!"

Jiang Wei was overjoyed, thanked Quezheng, and immediately played the queen master Liu Chan, asking to farm in Tazhong.Later master Liu Chan approved.

Jiang Wei immediately returned to Hanzhong, and convened a military meeting with generals at all levels: "I have sent troops to attack Wei several times, but it was because of insufficient food and grass, so I have never succeeded. Now I lead [-] troops to Tazhong to plant wheat and garrison fields. Slowly wait for the opportunity, and then attack the State of Wei. Everyone has been fighting on the front line for a long time, and they have worked very hard. Now they are recuperating and retreating to Hanzhong. Wei soldiers transported food for thousands of miles, and climbed mountains and mountains. No reason to win."

Jiang Wei also dispatched troops to defend various critical passes in Hanzhong.

Jiang Wei planted wheat in Tazhong and set up more than 40 camps along the way. They were continuous and orderly, as if they had set up a large formation.

Deng Ai immediately drew Jiang Wei's formation method into a map with brushes, sent people back to Luoyang overnight, and presented it to Sima Zhao.

Sima Zhao was furious after reading it, and sent his famous general Zhong Hui to lead troops to help Deng Ai attack Shu.

(End of this chapter)