Great Wei Nengchen

According to the plan: 15 soldiers and horses from Bashu went northward along the three plank roads at the same time, of which there were only a small number of troops on the Jinniu Road on the left and Yangba Road on the right, and they would launch a feint attack first to attract the main force of the Cao army!

Zhuge Liang personally commanded an elite army of [-], and entered the hinterland of Hanzhong County from Micang Road in the middle. Get together and drive Cao Jun to the north bank of the Han River, preferably out of Hanzhong County!

The plan was perfect, but it was difficult to implement. As soon as the [-] troops reached the north entrance of Micang Road, they encountered two difficulties: one was Dingjun Mountain and the other was Deng Ai!

Dingjun Mountain belongs to the remaining range of Daba Mountain. It stretches for more than [-] miles from east to west. The mountain peaks are steep and steep. There is a saying that "whoever wins Dingjun Mountain gets Hanzhong, and whoever wins Hanzhong gets Southwest"!

Hearing the news that the Shu Han sent troops, Deng Ai led 4 people to occupy this important area first, and built an earthen city with a circumference of ten miles on the high slope on the south side of Dingjun Mountain, named: "Dingjun Mountain" Nancheng', as a place to garrison troops and store food, also dug dozens of deep wells in the city to ensure sufficient water supply!

On the east and west sides of Dingnan City, dozens of barriers were built along the mountain, and soldiers were sent to guard them firmly, forming a perfect defense system with the main city, completely cutting off the passage to the north!

For more than a month, Zhuge Liang sent troops to attack Dingnan City several times, night raids, outflanking, digging... all kinds of tactics were used, but he didn't even take down a small barrier. Like an iron bucket, he also took the opportunity to kill and injure Shu Han soldiers and horses!

The national strength of the Shu Han was far inferior to that of Cao Wei, and it took a lot of effort to train one hundred thousand elite soldiers. If they continued to attack hard, even if they won, they would suffer heavy casualties. If they had no energy left to advance in Hanzhong County, they would be defeated without defeat.

Zhuge Liang couldn't bear to lose his money, so he had to lead his army back to the foot of Micang Mountain. He also built an earthen city to store food and grass, and named it "Xinghan City". Of the policy!

If it's just that the war is unfavorable, Zhuge Liang would not be so anxious. The problem is that the backyard is on fire!

Recently, there have been rumors circulating on the streets of Chengdu: Said that he led the Northern Expedition not to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, but to find an opportunity to lead the entire army to surrender to Wei in exchange for a monstrous wealth-the post of Prime Minister of Wei!

There is also news that there is a lot of construction in Luoyang City, and a Zhuge Prime Minister's mansion is being built, as well as the Zhuge family's tomb in Xuzhou-Langya County. The Cao Wei court also sent people to rebuild it. Xuanyang, Prime Minister Zhuge will return to his hometown to worship his ancestors soon...

All of these caused a lot of discussion within the Shuhan Group. Many civil and military ministers who originally supported their Northern Expedition quietly changed their attitudes, and the peacemakers Li Yan and Xu Jing raised their heads again. He also said that the responsibility of the prime minister lies in governing the country, and it is not suitable to hold military power, so as not to endanger the country and society!

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager Wu understood the righteousness and came forward to quell the rumors in person, which stabilized the court, but the bad results slowly appeared. The number of soldiers, food, and ordnance supplying the front line plummeted, almost to the point where it was difficult to maintain. I sent a letter to urge Chengdu to allocate supplies, but there was no response like a mud cow falling into the sea!

As for Jingzhou, Guan Yu didn't listen to orders at all, and led the army to attack and attack blindly. Not to mention the heavy casualties of his subordinates, the coordination between the east and the west disappeared. He sent envoys to contact him several times, but the effect was negligible. !

"Little black face, little black face, Zhuge Kongming is at odds with you—oh!"

Guessing with his little toes, everyone knows that Xiao Yi is secretly playing tricks, using countermeasures to disturb the hearts of the Shu Han, so as to achieve the purpose of forcing himself to retreat!

But Zhuge Liang couldn't say anything. He was the one who made troubles first, and he used his own way to deal with his own body. If he used words such as despicable, shameless, and obscene, wouldn't he be scolding himself?

If I had known this before, I might as well show off my chariots and horses and fight openly. Playing a rogue with a black-bellied and cruel guy, isn't this asking for trouble?

Now that the attack is weak, the troops are unwilling to withdraw, the backyard is on fire, and people are panicking, what should I do? I only hope that the letter of challenge will work and prompt the two sides to fight as soon as possible. Otherwise, if this delay continues, the Shu Han army will be undefeated and defeated .

"Master Prime Minister, great joy, great joy!"

"Oh, where does the joy come from?"

"A secret agent in Guanzhong came to report: Xiao Yi marched to Tongguan, and suddenly fell seriously ill and was unable to command the army to fight, so he appointed his eldest son, Xiao Xuan, as General Fuyuan, and led 8 troops to support Hanzhong.

Then Xiao Xuan led his troops to rush all the way, entered Hanzhong territory from Chencang Road, and it is estimated that in about eight days, he will reach the foot of Dingjun Mountain. There is only one son, who has neither experience nor prestige. The Prime Minister can capture him in a single battle. Of!

As long as Xiao Xuan'er is captured, the Wei army will surely collapse without a fight. If the Northern Expedition can win, Hanzhong can win! "

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After thinking all night to no avail, Zhuge Liang was exhausted, and was about to go back to take a nap, but he didn't expect to join the army - Ma Di rushed in excitedly, holding a secret report tightly in his hand!

Zhuge Liang took it and watched it carefully, and couldn't help standing up suddenly, his expression changed drastically: surprise, ecstasy, fear!

The surprise is: Xiao Yi is both civil and military, able to conquer and fight well, he is Cao Wei's white jade pillar and Zijin beam that frame the sea, and it is also the biggest obstacle to the Northern Expedition of the Shu Han, Zhuge Liang's most dreaded opponent!

Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, Xiao Yi fell ill, and he was unable to command the army if he was still ill. Cao Jun suddenly became leaderless in a crowd. This is simply God bless Shu Han, wouldn't it be a surprise?

The ecstasy is: there are a lot of talents in Cao Wei, Ma Liu, Daniu, Gao Shun, Guo Yi...all have their own talents, but Xiao Yi didn't use any of them, but handed over the military power to his son and let a yellow-mouthed boy lead the army. Bing, isn't it like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth?

It can be seen from this that Xiao Yi is not only sick, but also sick and dizzy, so he made such a wrong decision!

What Zhuge Liang is looking forward to now is that it would be best for Xiao Yi to get sick and go to the underworld to fight for a seat with Lord Yan. In this way, Cao Wei will inevitably have civil strife, and the Shu Han will take advantage of the vacancy to enter, and there will be hope for the revival of the Han Dynasty. Rapture?

Of course, this kind of practice of "taking advantage of people's illness and bullying children" is unavoidable, but compared with Xingfu Han Dynasty, moral defects are nothing, and there are precedents for such things in ancient times !

For example, during the Warring States period, King Yanzhao made great efforts to govern and recruit talents, and boldly appointed Le Yi as the general. For counties and counties, only the two cities of Ju and Jimo remained unconquered.

At that time, everyone in the world believed that Qi State would perish and Yan State would become hegemony. Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, a miracle happened—— King Yan Zhao died of illness, and his son, King Yan Hui succeeded to the throne. However, there was a gap between the new king and General Le Yi!

Qi Ren-Tian Dan took the opportunity to counterattack and let King Yanhui depose Le Yi, and forced him to flee Yan State, and replaced him with an incompetent general-Qi Jie to lead the army. Then the Qi people launched a counterattack and defeated them The Yan army killed Qi Jie and conquered the entire country, and Tian Dan became a famous figure in Qi!

In the same way, as long as you can defeat Cao Wei, revive the Han Dynasty, and Zhuge Kongming, you will be able to compare with the name of the ancients. As for how you win, it is not important, after all, luck is also a part of strength!

"Wait a minute, Xiao Yi is as cunning as a fox and acts unpredictable. Let's not be too happy, lest we fall into this guy's tricks!"

"Prime Minister, what do you mean, this greedy wolf is pretending to be sick to confuse our hearts?"

"There is such a possibility, we have to guard against it!"

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But after the surprise and ecstasy, Zhuge Liang gradually calmed down, and his clever mind turned again. He felt that something was wrong with this matter. Is Xiao Yi really sick, or is he pretending to be sick?

Xiao Yi is highly skilled in martial arts and proficient in Qihuang health preservation. Although he is over [-] years old, his body has always been as strong as a cow. I heard that he can eat five catties of beef and mutton for a meal, drink two large jars of fine wine, and sleep for a day and a night. !

He can also ride a strong horse, pull a hard bow, and lift a stone lock weighing hundreds of catties... It seems that he can't say that he can live to be 80 years old. How could such a person suddenly get sick?

Could it be that Xiao Yi pretended to be sick and asked his son to come forward to lead the army to the south, while he hid in the army, presided over the overall situation secretly, and attacked suddenly when the Shu Han army was unprepared... He could do such a thing!

"It's hard to tell the truth from the truth, what should I do?"

"Then stay the same and respond to all changes. Let's stay put for now. As long as the opponent's reinforcements arrive, the truth will have its own way to test the truth!"

"promise!"

Zhuge Liang and Ma Di looked at each other, and discussed in detail again, if Xiao Yi was pretending to be sick, how should he deal with Cao Jun's counterattack, if Xiao Yi was really sick, how should he take advantage of the great opportunity to win the land of Hanzhong in one fell swoop!

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Eight days later, the rangers came to report that [-] Cao troops had arrived at Dingjun Mountain, and there was a big flag with the word "Xiao" in black in the army!

Chapter 1662 Zhuge is only cautious in his life! (two)

In the first year of Huangchu - July [-]th, Xiao Xuan led [-] soldiers and set off from Tongguan in the heavy rain, passed through Hongnong, Jingzhao, and Youfufeng counties westward, and then turned south and entered Hanzhong from Chencang Road...

Along the way, Xiao Xuan did not enjoy any special treatment. He ate dry food, drank spring water, slept on mountain roads with ordinary soldiers, marched during the day, patrolled the camp at night, and handled all military affairs in a timely manner. Approval from the soldiers!

On the fourth day of August, the people and horses advanced to Nanzheng City. Ma Liu led his people [-] miles out of the city to meet him, and set up a family banquet for his future son-in-law. The eldest lady-Ma Weixi also showed up. Dedicated to the "guests" a song and dance, won bursts of applause!

Seeing Xiao Xuan's mouth was dry, his body was hot, he almost poured wine into his nose, and he suffered from severe insomnia that night, he took three cold showers and recited the "Pure Heart Mantra" dozens of times before he could get rid of this evil spirit. Fire down!

However, Xiao's family precepts stipulated: 'Men should not marry before the age of 20, and women should not marry before the age of [-], so as not to damage their vitality and blood', so Xiao Xuan has to wait a few more years to embrace a beautiful woman.

After two days of recuperation in Nanzheng City, Xiao Xuan led the troops of the headquarters, as well as sufficient ordnance, food and grass to continue south, and arrived at Dingjun Mountain four days later!

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