The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 434 Counterattack Moment
Zhang Lu's grain transportation team in Calabash Valley all fainted to the ground. Dongfang Sheng waved his hand, and the left and right soldiers filed out and tied up Zhang Lu's soldiers lying on the ground with ropes and threw them aside.

At the same time, Dongfang Sheng ordered all the grain and grass to be collected and transported away directly. The wasteful practice of burning grain and grass is only done when it is absolutely necessary.

After doing all this, Dongfang Sheng took off his mask and said with a long sigh of relief: "It's time to counterattack!"

This mask was made by Dongfang Sheng imitating the gas masks of the later generations. It used an iron shell, and the inside was made of cotton cloth with sandstone and charcoal. The effect is also very good.

For Zhang Lu's grain transportation team this time, Dongfang Sheng would not kill those innocent soldiers, but Zhang Lu had to die.

It turned out that the reason why Zhang Lu met the old man, learned a shortcut, and was ambushed later was entirely due to Dongfang Sheng's design.

Dongfang Sheng deliberately let an old man drive a special bullock cart to pass in front of Zhang Lu, and then deliberately let the old man reveal the news of the shortcut to seduce Zhang Lu. Of course, the old man himself is a member of the scout camp, and he himself is really a He is a businessman, and his acting skills are even more proficient. Zhang Lu was anxious that the military rations would not be delivered, so he couldn't tell the truth from the fake.

Of course, in order to save troops, Dongfang Sheng used a special herb to burn and then used a large wooden fan to blow the smoke into the gourd valley by manpower, and finally stunned Zhang Lu and the others.

However, to achieve this effect, the opponent must stay in place, and Zhang Lu’s grain transportation team just met this condition. The grain truck was hit by rolling stones and logs on both sides, and Zhang Lu had to straighten the grain truck again before starting , so Dongfang Sheng was given sufficient time to prepare.

Therefore, it was inevitable for Zhang Lu to be cheated. Dongfang Sheng took down Zhang Lu's grain transportation team without spending a single soldier. This move can be said to be one of the most classic cases in the Battle of Hanzhong.

At the same time, Xiahou Dun and the others waited for the army rations to arrive, and they were also vaguely worried in their hearts. However, although their progress in Shu County was slow, they were also somewhat effective, so they never thought about withdrawing troops, and only wanted to destroy Shu County. Afterwards, obtaining the grain and grass left by Zhuge Liang can solve the urgent need.

Who knew that Xiahou Dun and the others didn't wait for Zhang Lu's food and grass, but they waited for Zhuge Liang's reinforcements from three groups.

These three forces came from behind them, one was the Xiliang soldiers led by Zhang He, one was the Jingzhou soldiers led by Kuai Yue, and the other was the Jiangdong soldiers led by Lu Xun.

Although the total strength of these three groups of troops is about 15, there is still some gap with the Wei army, but the victory lies in waiting for work at leisure. They have not gone through successive siege battles, and they have not been exhausted.

As soon as these three forces joined, Xiahoudun's army was a little turbulent, but these three forces did not launch an offensive immediately, but quietly guarded the three positions, vacating the middle position, as if waiting for someone.

Three days later, Xiahoudun and the others finally knew who the three forces were waiting for, because the one who appeared in front of them was Dongfang Sheng who had been beaten by Xiahoudun before and fled in embarrassment.

Before the two armies confronted each other, Dongfang Sheng pressed one person in front of Xiahoudun and the others. It was Zhang Lu who was transporting grain and grass for Xiahoudun.

Zhang Lu had lost all energy and energy at this time. He knew that his fate was decapitated, so he didn't talk nonsense, didn't curse, and didn't kneel down to beg for mercy. This backbone is worthy of his heroic image.

Dongfang Sheng waved it lightly, and soldiers on both sides unfolded a piece of white silk cloth, and on the silk cloth were written a few big characters'Xie Yuanrang to send food! ', which made Xiahoudun in front of the battle suddenly feel dumbfounded.

But then Dongfang Sheng directly sacrificed Zhang Lu's head to the flag, and launched the most violent offensive at the same time, which made Xiahou Dun unable to laugh.

Dongfang Sheng took the lead, holding scarlet blood as if the god of war was reborn, and the sons behind him were full of energy and heroic, rushing towards the Wei army like a tiger descending a mountain.

Immediately afterwards, the three reinforcements also attacked at the same time, piercing into the Wei army's formation like three sharp knives.

Before Xiahoudun had time to react, another force rushed over from behind him. It was soldiers from the city they had been besieging before, but the number of soldiers who rushed out was obviously much larger than when they were besieging.

The three teams surged together like a tide.

Zhuge Liang took the opportunity to counterattack in the city, and Dongfang Sheng directly beheaded Zhang Lu on the spot in front of the two armies. This was undoubtedly the last straw that crushed the Wei army, which was already short of food.

At the beginning, Xiahou Dun and the others were able to resist Dongfang Sheng and the others for a while by virtue of their superiority in numbers, but it didn't take long before the Wei army began to be defeated, with low morale and insufficient food and grass.

On the other hand, Dongfang defeated them, their morale was high, and everyone was filled with righteous indignation.

The 40 Wei army was defeated, Xiahoudun, Cao Ren and Cao Zhen only led tens of thousands of people to break out, and the rest of the Wei army ran around like headless chickens.

In this battle, the blood of the Wei army who was killed flowed into rivers, and countless troops were surrendered.

After the Battle of Hanzhong, Dongfang Sheng once again washed away the previous shame and frustration through this series of counterattacks.

At this point, the battle of Hanzhong was completely over, with Dongfang winning and defeating as the ending.

Although Cao Pi's defeat has not completely hurt the root, it has a great impact on him. It is impossible for Cao Pi to raise troops again in a short time.

What is the background, this is Cao Pi, the loss of 40 horses will hurt him, but it will not hurt his bones.

And Dongfang Sheng plans to expand the number of troops after this incident, recruiting a certain number of soldiers in the states and counties to serve as the standing army, and at the same time setting up reserve military service in each county and county. Going home to farm or do other things, you can be directly recruited to participate in the war during the war, and at the same time speed up the overall control of the states and counties under your command.

For this reason, Dongfang Sheng began to implement the centralization system, reducing the power of the prefectures and counties, and at the same time reducing the number of private soldiers. Different systems do not interfere with each other.

Military generals are directly under the command of the central government, and they are not allowed to act at will without the central government's orders, and the same is true for the highest officials of the states and counties, and the states and counties no longer have private soldiers, and only some basic armed forces are usually reserved for maintaining law and order.

After some rectification, Dongfang Sheng firmly controlled the military power in his own hands. At the same time, he announced that he would ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor at the end of the year, and the construction of Youzhou's Beiping City also came to an end. The opening and construction was carried out, attracting a large number of refugees into it, and the population of Youzhou also increased a lot.

(End of this chapter)