Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1550 Doubtful strategy

  In the forest, Wei Yan was sitting on a big rock, holding the Badong map that had been handed out before, and was concentrating on identifying the difference between the mark on the map in his hand and his actual location.

  Although it is said that Wei Yan has ventured across the mountain road before, it does not mean that walking through the mountain road in Brazil County will make him walk on flat ground in Badong County. However, the same thing is that Duhu led him last time, and this time is the same.

As the King of Misfits, although Du Hu couldn't understand the map in Wei Yan's hand, he was familiar with the surrounding terrain. Taking advantage of the early winter, although the mountains and haze were already a bit cold, they were not yet covered by heavy snow, so fast forward Getting out is still necessary.

Turning from Anhan to the mountains, Wei Yan has been walking for three days. Except for the scouts who have to be sent out to survey the terrain, and the white poles that will be marked on the road, the rest of the soldiers are gathering their belongings as much as possible. , to reduce the possibility of exposure of whereabouts.

  The two-dimensional map slowly formed a three-dimensional shape in Wei Yan's mind. He led his men and horses to shoot in Anhan, and the target was actually Yufu by the Han River.

In order to cover up the marching route of the army, it is not uncommon to massacre and exterminate the cottages along the way, but Wei Yan still opened the door and used an excuse that sounded absurd to expel the villagers along the way, covering up the actual direction of the army. , At the same time, it also lured Liu Qi and others to misjudge Wei Yan's offensive choice.

Wei Yan is more adventurous, maybe it's a natural inclination. He has an irresistible urge to this kind of action that involves some gambling elements, but what's interesting is that Wei Yan doesn't like pure gambling, and even many gentry children can't get it. Wei Yan didn't even bother to look at the cockfighting dog.

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Even in the historical records, there is a record that "Yuan An was sick and stayed at home, drifted with his family, went with each other, and fought **** and dogs." In the entire Han Dynasty, from the ministers to the common people, they all liked **** and dogs. . Even after the fall of the Han Dynasty, during the Three Kingdoms period, it was still loved by some people in the upper class. Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui not only liked cockfighting, but also built a cockfighting place specially for this purpose, and carried out large-scale cockfighting betting. This habit lasted until the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it was still a hobby of "high-end people".

Wei Yan may have been poor before and had no chance to participate. Although he no longer worries about money, he doesn't like that kind of small scene, so he has no love at all. Only when facing duels in war can he It made Wei Yan's blood surge and he was extremely excited.

Zhengxi's excellent logistics and huge financial investment brought enough warm blankets and high-calorie dry food. As long as you find a clean water source, you can travel and camp in the mountains. This may not be the case for any other princes. It's easy to do.

  Thanks to this, Wei Yan's march in the mountains these days is relatively easy, and it does not consume a lot of soldiers' physical strength, but with the approach of Yufu, the most difficult part of the road is coming.

"If you want to talk about the shortest path... if you cross these two mountains, you will be full of fish!" Du Hu pointed to the mountains in front of him and said, "but these two mountains are not easy to walk. There are only some trails for hunting in the mountains. Ready-made roads…”

   Timing, time is opportunity.

   Wei Yan looked at the two mountains in front of him, was silent for a moment, and decided not to make a detour, but directly climbed over the two mountains. Before driving away the people near Anhan, Liu Qi Kuaiqi and others were involved, creating such a time period when Yufu was empty of troops, naturally he couldn't let him miss it for nothing.

"Hey, general, wait, wait a minute..." Seeing that Wei Yan seemed to be about to give an order, Du Hu quickly grabbed Wei Yan's arm and said, "Crossing the mountain to the fish back is difficult, but it will also consume Erlang's physical strength. ...What should I do? Has the general thought about retreating?"

  Wei Yan glanced at Duhu, "Why, do you think it's a defender who can't defeat Yufu?"

Du Hu quickly put on a lot of smiles on his face: "Why, I'm just worried about my subordinates... This, after all, is still somewhat different from the general's tiger and wolf soldiers... Besides, although the city of Yufu is small, it is still the same. Dongchong Town, this... We didn't bring any siege equipment... Could it be that the general brought that, what kind of thunder?"

  Wei Yan nodded, and said: "I brought some belts, but we used too much some time ago, so there are not many left now..."

   "Ah?" Du Hu blinked and said, "There are at least 2,000 soldiers among them. If they can't capture the city gate... this... that... I'm afraid..."

"Don't worry!" Wei Yan glanced at the map for the last time, and then put it in his arms, "There's nothing to be afraid of, I'm afraid of that, if you stay at home to eat and drink water, you may be choked to death, what's the matter if you're afraid of this or that Battle formation! I know what's in my heart, don't worry! When did I cheat you, the king of the people!"

  Du Hu swallowed a toothache, "Okay, you are the general... listen to you..."

  …………………

  Yu Fu, on the banks of the Han River.

  Because of the turbulent current, the fish will capsize when they swim here, so it means fish come back. But now it's winter, and the water level, whether it's flow rate or water level, has dropped a lot, and it doesn't even look like spring and summer, so turbulent and shocking.

In the south of Yufu City, there is a semi-artificial and semi-natural harbor, which the locals call Pebble Bay, because it was originally like a half-moon arc depression, where the currents agitate each other, making this place relatively calm, unlike It is so surging in the river, so this place is used as a ferry.

   Later, Yufu garrisoned troops, and a large number of military ships came in. Liu Qi and Kuaiqi refitted and refitted the ships according to the Sichuan and Shu ships. This Yuanshi Bay was immediately expanded into a large water village, and basically all the ships of Yufu gathered here.

In the water village, one side is water, and the other side is facing the south gate of Yufu. If there is no boat and they attack the water village alone, they can only bear the arrows on the south city of Yufu, risking being caught by fish at any time. The risk of returning to the defense army after plagiarizing the side, so unless the Yufu City Pool fell, the water village in Yuanshiwan would not be at great risk.

  So Meng Da, who was in Yufu, was also very relieved, and did not particularly increase the defensive strength of the soldiers in the Yuanshiwan Water Village, because in Meng Da's view, there was no need for this.

In addition, when Liu Qi and Kuai Qi went north to attack Nanchong, although they were defeated, it also proved that there was no navy in Zhengxi. Stakes or something, if there are naval ships in Zhengxi, wouldn't it be equivalent to blocking yourself?

   Therefore, the key now is still in Anhan. Liu Qi and Kuai Qi led the troops there for a long time, but they did not hear any movement.

   But after all, there is still a distance between Yufu and An Han, so there may have been a fight, but it is not certain that the news has not been transmitted yet.

There is no timely news, whether there are other additional sources of news, Meng Da has been in a daze for several days, he doesn't know why, he can't let go of some things, and he can't sleep well. This night, he was in a daze again. The feeling just touched the pillow, before I fell asleep, I heard a sudden noise in the night sky, the dull sound of horns and the sharp sound of warning golden gongs shook the whole Yufu!

  Enemy attack!

   But the question is, where did the enemy attack come from!

Meng Da was awakened with a start, and Gulu rolled off the bed, only to find that his legs were a little weak due to blood blockage or some other reason. While asking: "Where did the enemy come from! But the troops from Zhengxi?"

   "Reporting to Lord Ling, I haven't seen Zhengxi's battle flag..." The guard on the side replied, "It looks like a swindler..."

   "Between people?!" Meng Da suddenly felt that his waist and legs had strength, and shouted angrily, "Come on! Go check how many people there are! Report quickly!"

  Damn it, even the concubine is so arrogant?

   How dare you attack the city at night?

   Meng Da angrily boarded the city wall of Yufu and looked out.

  The winter night was dark, and the howling cold wind blew the torch, but it only drove away the sticky darkness that seemed to be solid. If it was farther away, the light would be defeated, and it would be powerless to fall under the clutches of the night.

With the help of the light of torches flickering above and below the city, it is true that no battle flags were seen, only some people in clothes standing on the spot where the light shines, standing there, it seems that there are quite a few of them, and they are looking at them coldly Yu Fu looked at Meng Da.

   It really is a scammer!

  Meng Da was furious when he saw this. Although he still didn't dare to open the city gate like this at night, if he was forced by these thugs in the city to not even fight back, what face would Meng Da have?

   These scumbags, in Meng Da's heart, were all low-class pariahs, some uneducable barbarians, but now they dare to gather outside the city at night. Uncles can bear it, but aunts can't bear it!

  Meng Da decided to at least kill the vigor of these gangsters, and also to improve the morale of his soldiers.

Amid the sound of war drums, Meng Da sent a team of soldiers to hang down from the city wall as a frontal confrontation. At the same time, he secretly dispatched another team to hang down from the side of the city wall without turning on the lights, preparing to give these soldiers A lesson, let these barbarians who are illiterate and do not know the art of war, know how powerful they are!

Of course, Meng Da also had a few doubts in his mind for a moment, but he was quickly blinded by anger. He didn't sleep well in the past two days, and he had a lot of anxiety in his heart, both for himself and for Sichuan. of. After all, with the changes in the battle situation, Liu Bei and Liu Qi's army, who originally thought they could at least be able to divide the shares, seemed to be at a disadvantage. If in the future...

No one can resolve this kind of worry, which has been accumulated in Meng Da's heart. When he saw the people attacking the city, all the emotions of these days were immediately aroused. Open the city gate and go out to fight...

  The person hanging down from the wall along the rope is Meng Da's nephew, Deng Xian. As a more important military commander under Meng Da, Deng Xian naturally had to show his own bravery, to show that he not only relied on nepotism, but also had quite strong personal strength.

Deng Xian knew that Meng Da had also sent soldiers on the flank, so after getting down the city wall, he first summoned the soldiers in a leisurely manner, then organized the queue, and dawdled for a while to give the soldiers on the flank some time, but Worried about being noticed by the people on the opposite side, he slapped the shield viciously with his saber, and then ordered the formation to cross the suspension bridge and move forward.

   One hundred steps.

  Xian seems to be a little flustered.

  Deng Xianha burst out laughing, and shouted loudly: "These animals are only capable! Don't be afraid, after killing these animals, I will invite brothers to drink and eat meat!"

  Yu Fubing replied, his morale was high.

   Eighty steps...

  From this distance, Deng Xian also generally saw clearly that there seemed to be many people on the opposite side, but they were actually standing far apart, and there were several positions between them!

   "My god, you have a fairy in your house!" Deng Xian was furious when he saw such a situation, "This baby **** is putting on a show!"

   "Kill! Throw these **** to death!"

  Deng Xian yelled, and even felt that he didn't need to wait for the flanks to outflank him. Isn't it just a ploy of suspicion, but if he was killed in front of him, what effect would such a ploy of suspicion be!

   Just as Deng Xian yelled and rushed forward with his soldiers, and was about to break up the array of people in one fell swoop, he suddenly saw some figures shaking in the darkness, and immediately heard a familiar voice...

   "Boom, boom boom boom!"

  Deng Xian had been in the army for some time, so he was very familiar with this sound. This series of sounds of bowstrings resounded densely in the darkness, as if hundreds of crossbowmen were firing together!

   Deng Xian howled and threw himself on the ground!

  At this moment, Deng Xian didn't care about any great achievements or majestic demeanor. He only wanted to survive under the cover of a strong bow and crossbow!

   Before the Yufu soldiers who were sprinting along with Deng Xian could react, they were already knocked down by the arrows and crossbows shot from the darkness! Flesh and blood flew screaming and fell to the ground, and the soldiers following behind couldn't hold back their footsteps, some directly hit the arrows, and some stepped on the bodies of the soldiers in front, and the whole front was suddenly in chaos !

  In the deep night, arrows and crossbow arrows flew out of the darkness one after another, making Deng Xian and the others scream! Under the light of the only torch, the light and shadow swayed. When you see the shadow of the arrow and crossbow arrow, most of them have already shot close to you, and there is no way to avoid it. Below, also useless.

   "Throw away the torch! Throw away the torch!" Deng Xian, lying on the ground with his shield on his head, yelled wildly.

  Yufu's soldiers reacted and threw the torches in their hands far away...

Almost at the same time, Deng Xian's subordinates threw torches, and the people on the opposite side also threw torches one after another, and disappeared into the night. In this way, the other group of Yufu soldiers who were planning to outflank the flanks also immediately disappeared. Having reached the target, he stopped at the same spot in a state of bewilderment...

  (end of this chapter)