Hold Your Hand·Xuantian Chaotic Times

Gao Ding was already hesitant about surrendering, but today Zhuge Liang used this trick to create a rift between Gao Ding and Yong Kai. When he saw the letter written by Zhuge Liang, it was inevitable that he would be furious.In addition, E Huan, as a subordinate of Gaoding, has been persuading to surrender, Yizhou and Yongchang can be put aside for the time being, and the rest can only make a next step plan after getting a detailed topographic map.The Nanzhong area is a barren land with deep mountains, old forests, lakes and swamps. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If you are not careful, you will lose your troops and generals, so the follow-up plan must be very cautious.Naturally, Zhuge Liang couldn't be free, and the dispatch of 50 people had to be done by him alone.Lü Bu could not raise his troops to enter Yongchang until he got permission. He just ordered the soldiers to station at a distance, waiting for the command from the headquarters, and Ling Hao's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses had already been allocated, and they only had to wait for Gao Ding to come to surrender.

Sure enough, as Zhuge Liang expected, on the third day after the spies were sent back, the frontier guards blew their horns. Early in the morning, dust was flying in front of the camp. All the way is naturally Yong Kai's soldiers and horses.Seeing Zhuge Liang in the account, Gao Ding bowed down immediately, and then offered up the things wrapped in cloth.The guard brought up the blood-stained package and unsealed it, revealing a bloody human head. Ling Hao couldn't help frowning while watching, but Zhuge Liang didn't even blink his eyes. He waved his hand and let someone take it down.

Zhuge Liang sat in the upper seat, looked down at Gao Ding who was hanging his head for a few minutes, and then said: "Come on, push this person out and behead him."Gao Ding was taken aback and couldn't believe it: "I am grateful for the great kindness of the military master. Today, I specially presented Yong Kai's head. Why do you want to behead him?" Zhuge Liang smiled, then waved, and there was a guard immediately Hold the wooden box and come forward.Zhuge Liang took out one of the seals, "Zhu Bao has already presented a letter of surrender, saying that you and Yong Kai are life-and-death friends, how can you easily take his head? You brought Yong Kai's head to me today. Isn't this cheating?" . "Impossible!" Gao Ding immediately denied it, and even claimed that he was wronged: "Zhu Bao is a countermeasure, how can a military advisor trust him!". "How do I know if this is a one-sided statement? Unless—" Zhuge Liang put the sealed letter back into the box, his eyes rolling, "If you can catch Zhu Bao, I will believe that you are sincerely surrendering to me." .Hearing the words, Gao Ding immediately clasped his fists and said: "Military commander, don't worry, I'll go and capture Zhu Bao to see the military adviser!", "If that's the case, doubts will stop." With Zhuge Liang's permission, Gao Ding led his troops to run again after finishing speaking Go to Zhu Bao's camp.

It's a countermeasure.Even if he didn't believe in Zhuge Liang, Li An couldn't help admiring the situation today, but... "Why did the military commander have Zhu Bao's letter of surrender? If Zhu Bao really surrendered, wouldn't Gao Ding want to be with Zhu Bao again?" Massacre?". "How could I have Zhu Bao's letter of surrender." Zhuge Liang said indifferently, Li An was taken aback, and summoned the guards holding the box, opened it and saw that there was only a stack of blank letter paper inside, so all of this was just Is it Zhuge Liang's countermeasure? "As I said, Yizhou and Yongchang can be taken without a single soldier. General Li can rest assured."

The location where Zhuge Liang set up camp was about ten miles away from Zhu Bao's camp. Even if he walked and rested, an hour would be enough. This time Gao Ding led his troops straight to Zhu Bao's camp on horseback.Before Zhu Bao could figure anything out, he saw a group of unscrupulous troops suddenly coming from behind the mountain. He saw Gao Ding's face, and before he went up to talk to him, he heard Gao Ding scolding him on the opposite side. "Bastard! Why did you secretly write a letter to Zhuge Military Adviser to plot against me!".Zhu Bao didn't understand, so he was stunned and couldn't answer for a moment. E Huan happened to bypass the back mountain, and he didn't bother too much when he saw this, so he stabbed Zhu Bao off his horse with a halberd.Gao Ding ordered people to surround the entire camp, and shouted sharply: "Anyone who rebels and refuses to obey me will be killed!" In just a few minutes, the situation was reversed, the dragons had no leader, and the soldiers and horses in the camp suddenly became chaotic and surrendered.Now Gao Ding had three groups of troops under his command, once Zhu Bao's soldiers were reorganized, Zhu Bao's head was cut off, and he rushed back to the Han camp immediately.

Within a day, the heads of Yong Kai and Zhu Bao were automatically delivered to Zhuge Liang without any soldiers.It can only be said that it was not the right time for Li An to report. If it was a few days later, he could have reported the matter of Tui Gaoding as Yizhou prefect. However, since he is so far away from the emperor, it is too late to report now. When the matter is over, report it together.So, relying on his power, Zhuge Liang directly gave the prefect of Yizhou to Gao Ding, making him the commander-in-chief of the three counties. At this point, the vanguard was calmed down, and the entry was easy.

As soon as the military order of the camp was issued, Lu Bu immediately dispatched to enter Yongchang City.Zhuge Liang ordered the entire army to draw closer to the front line, and the base camp was temporarily set up near Yongchang City.The detailed topographic map of Nanman needed by Zhuge Liang is in the city. After taking the map, the terrain of Nanzhong can be seen at a glance, and it is indeed very complicated.

The news that Zhuge Liang's army had broken through the boundary quickly spread throughout the Southern Barbarian army. Ling Hao had never met Meng Huo himself, nor had Zhuge Liang. In the troubled times, he has always occupied the Nanzhong area, and it has caused Cao Cao quite a headache. Presumably, the title of Nanman King is not in vain.The enemy's news was well-informed. Before they marched for a few days, the sentry horses in front reported again. Meng Huo had dispatched Marshal Sandong to divide a total of 15 barbarians into three groups to attack the Han army by taking advantage of natural dangers.

In this way, Li An and others had to be used. After hearing the report, Zhuge Liang immediately summoned all the generals.Spread the topographic map on the table, glanced around, paused for a while at the central mountain, then looked at the winding and rugged mountain roads around, and then planted the flag at the mountain pass. "Today the barbarians are coming in three directions. General Li led his troops to meet the enemy from the right, and Wang Ping from the left. I will send people to follow up. Reorganize the troops today, and march tomorrow in Pingming." The two listened to the order. Leaving first, Zhuge Liang ordered two people beside him, "Yuan Yi and He Jin, you two lead an army and meet the enemy from the middle road. Today, the army horses are on the hour, and the next day we will set off together with Li An and Wang Ping." Also clasped fists.The rest of the people were all used by Zhuge Liang as support, and in the end only Ling Hao and Lu Bu were left.

"The two of you each lead five thousand elite soldiers. Tonight, you will start from the middle road. The mountain pass is the Dazhai at the Three Knots of the Golden Ring. A quick battle is needed, try to rush to the other two places before dawn so that they can outflank Li An and Wang Ping." "Yes, Zixuan understands." Ling Hao clasped his fists, Zhuge Liang glanced at Ling Hao, "Be careful Order." These three words were enough to show Zhuge Liang's concern, and after telling Ling Hao, Zhuge Liang looked at Lu Bu. "This time it's not something that can be done by one person alone. It requires the close cooperation of all parties to capture the soldiers and horses of the three routes." Zhuge Liang said this just to remind him, lest Lu Bu really kill the enemy on a whim. The army killed a clean.Ling Hao pulled off Lu Bu's sleeve calmly, then coughed, and saw the other party raised his eyebrows in response.

Without further ado, Ling Hao and Lu Bu joined together with [-] elite soldiers. After reorganizing the troops, Ling Hao mounted the horse and tightened the stirrups.Lu Bu also rode a black horse, and the light from the torches in the camp reflected on the black and red battle armor, which was extremely dazzling.Ling Hao took the spear from the soldiers, "Have you brought the Linglong Pill?" Lu Bu raised the halberd, "I don't think there is a need for the Linglong Pill, and besides, you are still there, aren't you?" , Ling Hao smiled, and finally closed the gusset of the helmet.

Leading the army to set off, the two of them captured a few barbarians patrolling on horseback alive within a few miles, which just saved the trouble of finding the way, and let the barbarians lead the way straight to the mountain pass.At this time, it was the second watch, and the night sky was full of moon and stars, which was very suitable for marching at night, and it was not yet the fourth watch when we reached the gate of Sanjie Village in Jinhuan.But from their point of view, many barbarians have already started lighting fires, and it seems that they are preparing for the fight in the morning.Taking advantage of not being discovered, Lu Bu gave an order, tightened the reins, and took the lead in galloping down the mountain pass.Ling Hao and Lu Bu split into two groups. The enemy obviously hadn't reacted yet. The front gate of Dazhai had been breached, and the rear gate was just blocked by Ling Hao.Ordering his subordinates to guard the gate of the village, Ling Hao rushed directly into the barbarian army, speared like a dragon, picked up the barbarian soldiers blocking the way, swept his backhand, sat on the white horse and jumped over the fallen soldiers; Lu Bu imitated entering the land of no one , The painted halberd swept across, and the place where the horse passed was bloody.

When he was only a few horses away from the commander-in-chief, Ling Hao happened to run into Jinhuan Sanjie who was on the road in a panic and wanted to escape. With a soft drink, he stepped forward and picked the weapon in the opponent's hand. The horse head ran, Ling Hao drove the horse to catch up, just reached the body of the horse, the next second a war horse jumped out across the road, a flash of silver light flashed, and the person he was chasing had already fallen under the horse.The black horse raised its hooves and neighed. Lu Bu tightened the reins and stabilized the mount. Before Ling Hao could stop him, he saw Lu Bu swing the painting halberd in his hand at the fallen horse. , the head and the body have been separated.Viscous blood dripped from the halberd and mixed in the dirty sand. Looking at the head rolling down beside the horse's hoof, Ling Hao could only feel bloody. He wanted to capture it alive, but he was beheaded by Lu Bu directly...

The rest of the army broke up in chaos and broke up the first village at the mountain pass. The heads of Jinhuan Sanjie were taken away, and some people were left to house the prisoners. We have to go aside. "I'll march from the east route, and you take the west route. As for Ah Huinan, just capture him alive, and don't kill him." Anyway, telling Lu Bu that these two people will surrender now is useless, after all, this person is rare on the battlefield Will stay alive.I don't know if Lu Bu listened to him, "Be careful yourself, and meet up at the mountain pass when you're done." Lu Bu just nodded, and then led the army to forget the east road.Seeing that Lu Bu was going first, Ling Hao clamped his horse's belly and marched in the other direction.

Li An and Wang Ping marched from the main formation, and approached Dong Dana's stronghold by the left and right respectively. It was already dawn, but beyond everyone's expectations, when they led the army to the gate, the enemy's stronghold was already in chaos. , The sound of beating and killing is endless.Without much hesitation, Li An immediately ordered all the soldiers to attack the stronghold and cut down with their swords. The enemy soldiers blocking the way collapsed to the ground, and the follow-up army poured in, and it didn't take long to suppress the chaotic enemy army.With the sound of hoofbeats, when Li An and several other generals rushed into the center of the enemy army, they saw Ling Hao shoot Dong Dana off his horse, and then with a "clang--", the tip of the spear pierced the enemy general. The soft armor under the armpit was directly inserted into the soil.Why did Ling Hao fight Dong Dana before they did?The combined soldiers and horses of the three cave masters are as many as 15.Dong Tua was unable to get up because the soft armor was pinned by the spear, and he struggled a few times to no avail. Ling Hao got off the horse, drew his sword from his waist and pressed it against Dong Tua's neck, finally calming him down.

Seeing that Li An was leading the army, and the remnant army was almost suppressed, Ling Hao kicked away the weapon in Dong Dana's hand, then drew out his spear, pulled the opponent's breastplate, lifted Dong Dana from the ground and pushed In the hands of General Li An. "Keep watch carefully, the military division ordered to capture this person alive."Li An looked at Ling Hao at this moment and opened his mouth. This was the first time he saw Ling Hao on the battlefield. In the past, the imperial court used to be more proficient. He was still wondering why the emperor would give Ling Hao a "Guardian" "General"... However, looking at the cold-faced man in front of him, he didn't see the usual gentleness, his armor was stained with blood, and the spear in his hand was still dripping blood. I had heard a lot about Ling Hao in the court before. Things, is this the true face of this person?Still dazed, he saw Wang Ping, who came with him, come over.Seeing Ling Hao, Wang Ping was overjoyed, and stepped forward to pat Ling Hao on the shoulder, "Haha! I knew that Zhuge Military Master must have a clever plan, Zixuan, it's been a long time since you went to the battlefield, and today it seems that you are still in front of the lord. It's the same under my command!"Wang Ping was one of the few people Zhuge Liang picked directly from Liu Bei on this trip, and he had shared the joys and sorrows for a long time before. Ling Hao smiled and said, "Of course, if I'm a little lazy, the master should get angry."

"Where is Ah Hui Nan?" Li An glanced at Dong Dana who was being taken down, and then asked. "Feng Xian and I split up into two groups, and by this time we probably have almost captured as much as Yuan Yi and the others." "I don't know how many people General Ling and Marquis Wen brought with them?", "The military commander allowed me to have five thousand elite cavalry each.", Five thousand?Only five thousand——Zhuge Liang was so relieved that he gave five thousand soldiers.In other words, Ling Hao dared to raid an enemy village of 5000 with 5 people, and even captured the enemy's general alive?This obviously refreshed Li Ang's worldview again. How did Ling Hao do it... "When Zi Xuanshang was under the command of the lord, he dared to chase Cao Cao's 80 navy with [-] soldiers. General Li didn't know There are still many things to do." Wang Ping was quite proud of Ling Hao at this time.Li An was speechless. They brought several times more troops than Ling Hao and Lu Bu, but they just came to clean up the remnants of the defeated army. No wonder Zhuge Liang was so calm and composed. It turned out that besides Lu Bu, there was someone like Ling Hao in the opponent's hands. .

Watching Ling Hao withdraw his sword, and then hold the white horse to chew his head, Li An said: "Since there is no problem here, I think it's better to go back and attack Jinhuan Sanjie next time.".Ling Hao wiped off the blood on his chewing head, "The fourth Geng of the enemy village in the mountain pass has been wiped out, the Jinhuan Sanjie has been captured by Feng Xianxiao, and the rest of the enemy troops have been captured. Let's go back to the original now." Just camp." Another bomb was dropped, and Li An was already a little stunned.Wang Ping was used to the sudden reversal of the battle situation. This kind of thing used to be commonplace under Liu Bei's command. Moreover, with Lu Bu's help this time, things can only go smoothly.

After reuniting with Lu Bu, it was only noon before returning to the front line.Tens of thousands of barbarians were killed, the master of the three caves, two were captured alive, and one was the leader of the owl. This battle was another complete victory for the Han army.No matter how prejudiced Li Anzong was in his heart, the previous complaints disappeared completely at this point.

Ling Hao and the others hadn't taken off their battle armors yet, and when they reported the battle situation to Zhuge Liang one by one, Ling Hao had no mission.When I saw the blood on Ling Hao's body for the first time, I was worried that I would be injured on the battlefield, but I felt relieved when I saw his expression as usual, "Since the golden ring and three knots are dead, where is the commander in chief?".Lu Bu beckoned, and immediately a soldier brought up the wrapped head.Zhuge Liangliang nodded and asked people to go down to deal with it. Then Ling Hao called his subordinates to tie up Ah Huinan and Dong Dana and send them to Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang glanced at the two people under the stage, "Let's untie them first." The soldiers on the side immediately stepped forward to untie the two.Dong Dana was alright, Ah Huinan seemed to have suffered a little injury from Lu Bu's hand, but it was not serious.Seeing the slightly nervous expressions of the two, Zhuge Liang paused for a long time, and the first thing he said was to ask someone to take clean clothes for the two. He did not regard the two as prisoners of war at all, and his attitude was very polite. "My expedition is ordered by the Holy Majesty. Since the purpose is to get Meng Huo to surrender, it will naturally not cause trouble to the people of Nanzhong. Since the two of you were also instructed by Meng Huo, I will not pursue it this time. Today Let the two of you go back, and you must never help Meng Huo do evil again."In terms of status and importance, A Huinan and Dong Dana are naturally higher. However, Zhuge Liang is still the same as E Huan Gaoding, who will not be punished and will not be killed.Li An didn't question this time, just being patient, Zhuge Liang can make E Huan Gaoding his own use, maybe this time it is the same intention.

Never expected that Zhuge Liang would let them go so easily, and they were served with good wine and good food, without any arrogance.The two escaped from the dead were suddenly moved, and ordered the soldiers to prepare two fast horses for the two to return to the cave. After the banquet, the two bowed to Zhuge Liang again and again.

"Why, won't General Li ask me why I let the two of you leave this time?" Zhuge Liang smiled as Li An'an remained silent.Li An coughed, "The military master has his own intentions. As a general, I will do everything according to the military master's orders." He has seen Zhuge Liang's ability, and the emperor does not use it. He only takes Zhuge Liang to fight. It seems that there is indeed a certain point It makes sense, but if Li An knew that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty intended to directly promote Zhuge Liang to replace Cao Cao, he would probably fall below his chin again.

"In today's battle, the cave masters of the three caves were broken. Tomorrow Meng Huo will definitely lead his army in person. We can take this opportunity to capture him alive." Zhuge Liang took down the flag that was originally planted on the mountain pass, and then inserted it in a corner of the map. "Wang Ping led the army to wait in the middle of the road. Meng Huo will definitely pass by the road tomorrow. There are not many soldiers, so don't go forward and fight. Fight and go, and lead the barbarian army twenty miles into the mountain." Wang Ping immediately retreated to one side.Zhuge Liang said again: "General Li and Yuan Yi split up in two ways to ambush in the mountains. Once they see Meng Huo entering the mountain, they will go down and surround them." Li An and Yuan Yi took orders.Zhuge Liang pointed to the Jindai Mountain area on the map, "Lü Bu led his army to wait at the intersection of Beishan Mountain. Meng Huo must escape this way when he is attacked. Remember, just kill Meng Huo's army and horses, and leave Meng Huo behind to let him escape." , Let Meng get away?After one sentence, everyone was stunned. Zhuge Liang didn't explain much, and Lu Bu nodded to show that he knew. "If Meng Huo escapes in Jindai Mountain, he will have to abandon his horse and cross the mountain. Zixuan will lead five hundred infantrymen to ambush him in the valley, and then he will be captured alive." Ling Hao immediately bowed his head and took orders.Should it be said that Zhuge Liang predicts things like a god or a prophet? With such a plan, it seems that they are waiting for Meng Huo to fall into the trap tomorrow.

"If you have heard everything clearly, let's act tonight."