The Three Kingdoms of the Widow

Zhuge Liang looked at the spirited people in the tent, and his mood became very good.

"Nan'an and Anding are too easy to fight." Wei Yan's words were still full of pride.

"The prefect of Nan'an escaped before our army arrived..." Zhang Bao sneered, and the others in the tent couldn't help laughing when they thought of the incredible news they had heard from Nan'an Gongcao who had left the city with a seal.

Ma Di didn't smile, he looked at Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister, Guo Huai, governor of Yongzhou, has already rushed to Shangying, east of Anding, to make preparations. It may not be easy for us to go east to Chang'an."

The smile on Wei Yan's face disappeared. He still regretted that the "Ziwu Valley plan" he had proposed in public had not been adopted.

Before Wei Yan dispatched troops, he offered a plan: "Yanyuan led five thousand elite soldiers and five thousand grain, and went straight from Baozhong. He went north at midnight, but he could march to Chang'an in ten days. Wei Anxi general Xia Houmao guarded Chang'an, He is timid and unplanned, and when he hears that Yan is dying, he will flee by boat. It will be about twenty days before the Wei army leaves, and Chang'an has been settled. The prime minister's army will come from Xiegu, and it will be enough to reach."

Zhuge Liang didn't refute at that time, she only asked Wei Yan a question: "Mr. Wen said very well, but——then what?"

Obtaining Chang'an will of course be a big victory, but it is not the ultimate goal. Zhuge Liang looked at the banner of "recovering the Central Plains" bestowed by Liu Chan behind him. This is the whole grand strategy, and all tactics must serve this.

Zhuge Liang didn't refute Wei Yan in public. She knew Wei Yan's arrogance too well. It's not uncommon for most talented people to be like this.It is Zhuge Liang's task to find a delicate balance between their stratagems and their egos.After the meeting, she interviewed Wei Yan alone, and reminded all the ups and downs of the "Ziwu Valley plan", Wei Yan finally accepted that "An Cong is a smooth way, and Longyou can be flattened, everything must be conquered without any danger." "Scheme.

"The prime minister thinks that Ziwu Valley's strategy is meaningless?" Wei Yan was still unwilling to accept it.

"The biggest significance is political significance." Zhuge Liang said, "If we want to push down General Sima, who is in charge of Cao Wei's affairs, this method is very good. They have lost an important city in the country, and the capital is in danger. It's a crime. But it's limited to political significance. Wei Jun will soon be able to organize a counterattack. We only control a big city that is isolated from our country. Without a stable rear, we will lose it sooner or later. And with Cao Wei's current situation Let's see, if Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu go down, it will be like giving up space for Sima Yi, Wen Zhang, would you like to see this situation?"

Wei Yan knew that Zhuge Liang was afraid of Sima Yi, and he was proud of it. Zhuge Liang was able to tell him this matter calmly, it was his trust in him, and it was also a privilege. Others were not entitled to know.

"In this case, the prime minister should call General Zhao back."

What Wei Yan was talking about was that Zhuge Liang sent Zhendong General Zhao Yun and Yangwu General Deng Zhi to lead a small number of troops as suspects out of Jigu as suspects.

"General Zhao has other tasks. She is here. Cao Wei dare not take it lightly. He will definitely send a general out."

Cao Zhen.

To a certain extent, these two people are old acquaintances, Zhao Yunke Cao really has tradition.

Of course, Zhuge Liang had another intention for this arrangement, and she just didn’t say it: Zhao Yun’s actual age is over 70 years old, no matter how young he looks, it’s better not to let her do such things as rushing into battle.There are too many accidents on the battlefield, and veterans are in charge, and everyone will feel confident.

There are famous "five counties" in the west of Wei State, but now there are only three counties.

Guo Huai was very nervous. He was very sure that Zhuge Liang's goal was Chang'an, so Zhuge Liang would definitely attack Shangyu eastward next time.

Guo Huai couldn't help thinking about the ratio of troops and the logistics of food and grass, and he was very nervous.

But Ma Zunze, the prefect of Tianshui who followed Guo Huai's inspection, let out a sigh of relief. Of course, he would not tell Guo Huai that he was a little lucky: the pressure on Shangyu increased, which meant that the pressure on Tianshui decreased.

Tianshui is considered a small place, and Zhuge Liang looked down upon it, Ma Zun thought.

"According to the normal marching speed, when Zhuge Liang passed through Jieting and arrived at Shangyu, the army was just ready to defend the city." Guo Huai finished his calculations, but this conclusion did not make him feel any better.

"Does Governor Guo's 'normal' also include things like Nan'an?"

A young man's voice suddenly sounded, Guo Huai was very surprised. Following the voice, he saw a young man behind Ma Zun, in his twenties, with a handsome appearance.

Ma Zun frowned: "Bo Yue! Don't talk nonsense!"

Guo Huai waved his hand to signal Ma Zun to ask the young man to speak: "Prefect Ma, this is..."

"The boy is Ji Chuan from Tianshui. His surname is Jiang, Mingwei, and his courtesy name is Boyue. He is from Tianshui. He was called to move to Zhonglang a few days ago." Jiang Wei clasped his hands and saluted, and replied loudly.

Guo Huai thought the name sounded familiar: "Former Fuyi general Jiang Xu Jiang Boyi, Qianyi County enlisted Yang Fu Yang Yishan, do you know him?"

"Jiang Fuyi is the clan uncle."

"How old is Boyue?"

"Crazy for 27 years."

Ma Zun was not satisfied with Jiang Wei's initiative to speak, but Guo Huai seemed to appreciate it quite a bit. He twitched his beard and said, "Boldness is commendable! With the current situation, Bo Yue might as well speak up?"

Jiang Wei thought for a while, looked at Ma Zun, and finally made up his mind: "If Governor Guo can believe in Wei, Wei Yuan and the prefect will return to Tianshui and lead Zhuge Liang's army to come. I dare not say that I can win, at least I can delay the battle. March forward, make the governor prepare his army for battle, and wait for the opportunity to fight with him!"

Ma Zun complained about Jiang Wei's troubles in his heart, and reprimanded him with a stern face: "You are talking nonsense! You are so young, what kind of battle formation have you seen? Who is Zhuge Liang? Since he has the ambition to take Chang'an, how could he easily return to Tianshui! You If the plan fails, the matter is small, but if it delays the governor's arrangement, it will be a big matter, so let's retreat quickly!"

"Hey, why should the eunuch blame me? It's a great fortune for the young people to have such courage and courage to serve the country. Back then, I often had amazing opinions. Bo Yue has a plan, so let's talk about it."

Zhuge Liang sent troops directly from Anding to Jieting, but the journey was not smooth.

Not to mention the roadblocks and so on, there is also a small team that haunts and harasses them non-stop.

This was sent by Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei's purpose was to slow down the marching speed, and on the third day the team disappeared.Jiang Wei sent people there again tentatively, but nothing came of it again, but this time a very embarrassed soldier ran back and said to Jiang Wei with tears in his voice, "I don't know what's wrong, when the others passed through the roadblock set up by Governor Guo, suddenly It’s gone! I ran back because I was lazy and left behind!”

"Suddenly disappeared?" Ma Zun was shocked, "Could it be that the Shu army has the power of ghosts and gods?"

Jiang Wei thought about it for a long time, and asked the soldier if the arrangement of the antlers on the barricade was regular. The soldier said that it was very different from the usual arrangement. Jiang Wei asked him to draw a simple picture of the scene he remembered, and then frowned while holding the picture.

"Prefect, it's no wonder they didn't come back. This arrangement should be a corner of the eight trigrams formation."

"Bo Yue, since you know the formation, can you decipher it?"

"Ashamed." In fact, it's not bad for Jiang Wei to know each other.

"If you can't disturb the enemy, what can you do?"

"The speed of the Shu army's advance is still faster than expected. Only a feigned attack on Nan'an and Anding. Zhuge Liang thought that the rear was unstable, so he must return to the army. When he returned to the army, he led the army to fight with it, forcing his army to stay here and solve the street pavilion. It's the danger of 邽."

Ma Zuncai was unwilling to let Zhuge Liang's army "stay here", but Guo Huai was willing, so he could only take Jiang Wei and others back to Tianshui to lure the enemy.

Guessing that Nan'an and Anding's request for help came to Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang returned to his teacher as expected, and broke the battle in front of Tianshui as expected.

Looking at the densely-covered banners below the city, and seeing an imposing man sitting on a four-wheeled cart surrounded by thousands of people-at least a dozen generals beside this man, each with bright armor and proud horses with long tassels, Ma Zun thought of himself. The little Tianshui was short of people, food, and city defense, so he couldn't help thinking of beating Jiang Wei up: What are you doing!

Jiang Wei was taken aback when he saw Zhuge Liang. He thought he was an old man in his fifties, maybe a dry and thin one, who might not be able to support a suit of armor sitting on a horse.I didn't expect this man to look extraordinary from a distance. Although he was sitting in the car and was a bit shorter than the surrounding generals, his aura made him automatically become the center of the entire army, and he was unstoppable.

"Prefect, Wei please lead an army to fight the Shu army, and see what is true!" Of course Jiang Wei would not say that his real idea was to take a closer look at Zhuge Liang, who was considered a legendary figure.

Ma Zun did not agree, because there were too few people around him who could fight.Except for Jiang Wei who has some skills right away, the rest of the meritorious service Cao Liangxu, the master secretary Yin Shang can't stop a few rounds, judging by the formation of the Shu army, Jiang Wei alone is no match, if there is a mistake, Tianshui will be flattened At that time, Guo Huai was held accountable, and he couldn't even push Jiang Wei out to block the gun.

Jiang Wei was a little anxious: "If we don't take advantage of the Shu army's unstable foothold, we will hardly have a chance to win in the future!"

Ma Zun reassured him, "Didn't Bo Yue ambush people outside the city in advance? A night attack on the Shu army, with no defenses, and two pincer attacks is the best chance to win."

That's okay, the night attack was originally in Jiang Wei's plan.

At night, Jiang Wei led people to the camp of the Shu army, and successfully dispersed the camp of the Shu army, and even burned the place where the grain and grass were stored.

The Wei army rushed everywhere excitedly, the flames and smoke filled the air, Jiang Wei was commanding immediately, but he always felt that there was something different from what he thought: there were too few soldiers in Shu.An ominous feeling flashed through Jiang Wei's brain, and he quickly rushed to the burning grain haystack, but the fire was getting smaller and smaller, and raised his gun to pick it.

The sound of "scraping" and the sand falling down, Jiang Weixin couldn't say it well, and shouted at the soldiers carrying the flag: "Quick retreat! There is an ambush!"

The Wei army quickly followed Jiang Wei and began to retreat, but halfway through the retreat, the Shu army came, with a small number of soldiers.

The general looked at the scene: "Well, it's not bad, half of it has been withdrawn."

"Who are you!" Jiang Wei quickly stabilized his position, and the retreating Wei army immediately stopped and turned to the defensive.

"Wei Yan, Wei Wenchang."

Jiang Wei had heard of this name.

"It's just a small night attack. The prime minister has already withdrawn the brigade from here. Jiang Boyue, you don't seem to have noticed."

Jiang Wei was waiting for the opportunity, he didn't listen to Wei Yan's taunt at all, he just took advantage of the opportunity when the other party was slightly dazed, and stabbed him with a single shot.

Wei Yan has much more experience than Jiang Wei, but he just saw that Jiang Wei's Wei Jun actually launched an attack, and he found it a bit inconceivable.

"Staying safe in times of crisis is what makes a general!" Wei Yan parried Jiang Wei's spear, and the end of the knife slammed down on Jiang Wei's forehead.

After a few rounds, Jiang Wei suddenly thrust his gun into a "grain stack", picked up a pile of sand and threw it at Wei Yan.Taking advantage of Wei Yan's dodge, Jiang Wei led his men to retreat. Wei Yan just wanted to chase, when a burst of crossbow arrows came.It turned out that Wei Jun's actions just now were just to buy time for the crossbow archers. When the crossbow archers loaded their arrows, Wei Jun began to retreat, and the crossbow archers were in charge of the rear.

Wei Yan wanted to chase after him, but the crossbow arrows were different from the commonly used bows and arrows in the back of the palace. They were aimed high and had great destructive power. He could only watch Jiang Wei run away.

Any uninjured pawn picked up the short arrow and showed it to Wei Yan.

Judging by the firelight, the iron arrows sharpened on three sides are of the same craftsmanship. Wei Yan nodded: "Crossbow arrows? Jiang Boyue is not simple."

Jiang Wei's night attack could not be considered a success, and Ma Zun was not happy.Especially when it was heard that only Wei Yan brought a team to intercept.

"Wei Wenchang has high martial arts skills and is indeed an opponent."

Ma Zun didn't speak.

Now there are no reinforcements outside, and the people who were in ambush have already withdrawn to Tianshui after this battle.

"Is there anything else Boyue can do?"

Jiang Wei thought about it very seriously, but before he could come to a conclusion, his family came. This man was dressed in the clothes of a servant, crying and bowed down in front of Jiang Wei: "Young master! The Shu army sent 2 people to surround Yi County Yi County is in danger! The old lady sent me to see the young master, and the young master must find a way to save Yi County, save the old lady!"

Ma Zun and the others were shocked when they heard the news. They all knew that Jiang Wei's father had died early and he was dependent on his mother, who lived in Yi County.And Yi County is one of the few cities near Tianshui that has not yet fallen into the hands of the Shu army.

Jiang Wei was also shocked: "Yi County has been besieged?"

"Already under siege..."

Jiang Weiqiang acted calmly and asked the visitor to go down and wait first, then knelt down in front of Ma Zun, crying and begging: "Prefect! Please give me a team of prefects, let me save my mother..."

"Bo Yue, get up first, this man..." Ma Zun felt a headache when he heard the news. He had only a small number of people, and Jiang Wei had to divide his troops!But she refused on the spot, it seemed that she didn't look good...

"It's okay. That person has already gone down." Jiang Wei stood up and wiped away his tears.

What?

"That man is a spy." Jiang Wei said with certainty, "it was sent by Zhuge Liang. I have never seen this man before, and he is not from my family. Even if my mother's family uses new servants, they will not send someone I don't know. Someone came to me; if Yixian County was already besieged, this person would not be able to leave the city. Therefore, Zhuge Liang wanted me to misunderstand that he had already brought a large number of troops to Yixian County, and there were not many people in Tianshui besieged city.

"Then what should we do?" Ma Zun asked.

"Just count."

When the servants from Yi County were brought to the front again, what they saw was Jiang Wei crying and begging for help, and Ma Zun promised him thousands of people to rescue Yi County from the back path.

The next day, the Shu army launched a fierce siege.

Ma Zun sneered: "Do you think I sent everyone out? Jiang Boyue has already seen through your tricks! He just pretended to leave the city, and he will return soon!"

The leader Wei Yan sneered: Really?Then why hasn't he come back yet?

Ma Zun broke out in a cold sweat: You already expected it?You are halfway...

Wei Yan shook his head: Go on guessing, maybe you can guess the whole story before the city is broken.

Is it...

Wei Yan felt sorry for Ma Zun: Think about it from the beginning to the end, you are so stupid.

Jiang Wei didn't come back all day.

Ma Zun wished he could cut Jiang Wei.

But let's talk about this matter later, the thing in front of me is: Tianshui can't keep it.

Ma Zun was originally unwilling to defend the city. He remembered the precedent of Nan'an, and decisively led Liang Xu, Yin Shang, Liang Qian and others to abandon the city and flee to Shanggu.

The Shu army entered the city smoothly.

Jiang Wei walked halfway, and was flanked by Guan Xing and Zhang Bao from the path.

It's not that he didn't expect this kind of situation, but he believed that he could break out of the encirclement with his troops, besides, he still had crossbowmen.

But to his surprise, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao's few troops also had crossbow arrows.

Jiang Wei realized that he was in big trouble when he saw that the crossbow arrows were firing ten times in a row without changing arrows.

"Jiang Wei, what's so great about being able to use crossbows? Haven't you heard that the prime minister can make repeating crossbows?" Zhang Bao laughed openly.

It is not easy for Jiang Wei to fight with two people, but when he is jealous, he will prepare for the worst.

The big deal is death, presumably Guo Huai will report to Cao Zhen, and his pension will not be withheld, and his mother can still live a good life.Of course, the premise is that Yi County does not really fall into the hands of the Shu army.

But at this time, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao suddenly stopped fighting. They surrounded Jiang Wei's men and horses, and threw their crossbows together to form a threat, but they just stopped fighting.

Jiang Wei didn't know what they were going to do, but this situation lasted for a day, and Jiang Wei was very anxious.Until some little soldier shouted "It's not good! Tianshui!" rushed over to report.Jiang Wei didn't hear exactly what the little soldier said, but it was true that Guan Xing and Zhang Bao's face changed drastically after hearing this, and they immediately lifted the siege and retreated.Maybe it was a sudden change in Tianshui that was not conducive to the Shu army?Jiang Wei immediately led the men and horses carefully, and rushed back to Tianshui while guarding against the Shu army's fraud.

These soldiers were all confused by the situation in front of them: "General, where are you going!"

"Of course it's Tianshui! At this time, we must hurry back to Tianshui!"

Ma Zun and others who were hiding in the corner heard what Jiang Wei said, but Jiang Wei did not see them.

A few days later, Jiang Wei is now in Shouyi County.

Nothing is more depressing than him.

When he returned to Tianshui, Wei Yan greeted him. He wanted to go to Shangyu to find Ma Zun, but the veteran who managed to escape from the city told him quietly: Ma Zun suspected that he had surrendered to the Shu army, which is why he made so many arrangements to dedicate Tianshui to Tianshui. Shu army, and he himself took advantage of Zhuge Liang's attack on Yi County to escape from Tianshui. He did not return until Tianshui was in Zhuge Liang's hands.

Jiang Wei was too angry to speak: "I..."

"General, it is best not to go to Governor Guo to reason. I heard Liang Gongcao tell Eunuch Ma that the general must be convicted of defecting to the enemy. Otherwise, Eunuch Ma and the others will die if Guo Inspector investigates it!"

After thinking about it, Jiang Wei could only cheer up immediately and rely on Yi County to continue to fight against the Shu army.

Zhuge Liang was also very kind. Tianshui was temporarily handed over to Wei Yan, who personally sat in town and led his troops to surround Yi County.

Yi County is a small place, with less people and food than Tianshui. There is only one well in the county town, and the water level is extremely low. The daily water source is a branch of a river outside the city.

Jiang Wei once planned to find an opportunity to rob the Shu army of food, but the importance the Shu army attached to food and grass prevented his plan from being carried out. Once he was close to success-but he couldn't transport the food and grass away. The Shu army who came behind was very "kind" "He told Jiang Wei: It's a wooden cow and horse made by the prime minister, and people who don't understand it can't use it."

Later, for some unknown reason, maybe it was revenge or not, Zhuge Liang pinched the waterway.

This is terrible, the water in the well is not enough for the people of a county.

But Jiang Wei had to thank Zhuge Liang for his kindness. It would be even worse if he poisoned the water directly.

Because there is no water, people ventured out of the city to fetch water every day. Zhuge Liang did not stop such sneaky behavior in twos and threes, but it would not work if there were too many people. Groups of more than ten people would serve directly with crossbows, but if they escaped from Yi County and never came back, it would be fine. get the money.

So Yi County is hanging half dead like this, still lacking water and food, but it will not immediately despair.

Jiang Wei is desperate, his only option is to break through - unfortunately, he has tried this way, because Wei Yan was in Tianshui, Guan Xing and Zhang Bao fought him to a draw, and he hadn't heard of Zhuge Liang For the other famous generals under his command, maybe he can give it a go.

But when he broke out of the city, Jiang Wei saw Zhuge Liang for the first time. He was stunned for a moment, and he couldn't believe that the man in his 30s was Zhuge Liang, but looking at those mature eyes, he knew that no one could impersonate him.Zhuge Liang looked at Jiang Wei with a smile, neither sneered nor ridiculed, a little gentle...

"You called me back from Xiegu in a hurry, just because of such a kid?"

With such a disdainful sentence, Jiang Wei noticed that there was an unfamiliar general next to Zhuge Liang, about 40 years old, with a handsome appearance, riding a tall white horse, and the style of armor was a bit different from the people around him. He was carrying a long gun, which was the same as his own weapon, but the tip of the gun was much brighter than his own, and looked very sharp.

Jiang Wei didn't know this person, but it seemed that this person had an unusual relationship with Zhuge Liang, and his conversation was very casual.

Zhuge Liang frowned, shaded the sun with a feather fan, and looked at Jiang Wei on the opposite side: "Be careful what you say, you lost to 'such a kid' in a while, I see how you have the face to hang out in the army!"

The general didn't seem to take it seriously, and leaped forward with a gun, and went straight to Jiang Wei.

"Come on, general name!" Jiang Wei held the opponent's spear, and was surprised to find that the strength was not small.

"What nonsense! If you don't accept it, let's fight!" The other party was obviously impatient with signing up for such a customary thing.

This time the fight took a long time, Jiang Wei was not afraid of the opponent, but he suffered from lack of surprise on the battlefield, the opponent had a lot of strange moves and tricks, the point of the spear likes to stick it at a crack, Jiang Wei tried his best to parry, but it is rare to fight back Chance.

In the end, the general stopped first: "Well, it's okay, it's considered qualified."

"Who the hell are you!" Jiang Wei yelled and stabbed the opponent's throat with the gun.

A white light flashed: "Kang lang lang lang!"

Jiang Wei watched helplessly as the tip of the gun fell to the ground.Looking at the opponent's hand again, I don't know when there was an extra long sword.

"You...you are..."

"You know now?" The other party asked back, and then turned the horse's head to go back.

"General Zhao has such a sharp weapon, why didn't he use it to kill me at the beginning of the fight!"

Zhao Yun reined in his horse: "I'm going, there are still people in this world who think they live too long?" Before he finished speaking, Zhao Yun turned around suddenly, and what Jiang Wei saw was the bow and arrow in Zhao Yun's hand facing him.

It was too late to hide.

Jiang Wei subconsciously blocked it with his gun, but the arrow had already been nailed in front of his horse's hoof, and the horse retreated several steps with a cry of "咴咴儿".

Zhao Yun put away his bow and arrow, and finally commented: "Crazy!"

The author has something to say:

Coordinate Control tx kindly found me a map.

Then I found out that either the map is unreliable, or Ji Han's army is a bunch of psychopaths... According to the official history, you have no idea why they took such a long detour. Approaching Chang'an...

So in the end I gave up and I decided to go free.

Then I realized I hated writing war scenes, I can't!And who can do it differently every time!Now I have finished conceiving the non-war scenes until the end!It's just that this war scene is so annoying!Why should I trouble myself like this!