The beginning of the Three Kingdoms Cheng Yuanzhi

Chapter 244
Hearing this, Zhang Fei said to Guan Yu: "Since the enemy army has come, my elder brother used to say 'like a fish in water', why don't you let the water go to meet the enemy now, but abandon the city instead."

Guan Yu didn't speak, but nodded.

Liu Bei glanced at the two of them expressionlessly, and said in a deep voice, "If the northern army arrives, you will be wisely dependent on Kong Ming, and the second brother who must be brave. Why do you shirk?"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei kept silent, but they didn't take it seriously in their hearts.

Liu Bei sent Yi Ji away, and said to Zhuge Liang, "Military Master, what should we do now?"

Zhuge Liang said: "The small town of Xinye cannot be defended, we must leave, but before we leave, we must let the northern army have a taste of our army's strength."

"Liang has three strategies, which are sure to severely injure Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the forwards of the Northern Army, and dampen their spirit."

"The first plan is Bowang Slope."

Speaking of this, the voice changed: "However, I am afraid that the generals will not listen to my orders."

When Liu Bei heard this, he handed over the sword seal to Zhuge Liang to help him mobilize soldiers.

Zhuge Liang then beat drums to gather the generals.

In private, Zhang Fei said to Guan Yu: "Bowangpo is on the left and Xinye is on the right. If the northern army comes, Bowangpo is not a place to pass through. They can go straight to Xinye from the main road. Isn't it child's play to use troops like this?"

Guan Yu said: "Let's see how he dispatches."

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhuge Liang sat at the head, and Liu Bei sat on the side, silently watching his talents.

Zhuge Liang held his saber in his arms and the big seal in his hand, looked around the crowd and said, "Guan Yu listens to the order!"

Guan Yu came out of the queue slowly, cupped his hands slowly, and said in an extremely casual manner: "Yes."

Zhuge Liang didn't care about this, and just ordered: "There is a mountain on the left of Bowang, called Yushan; on the right, there is a forest, called Anlin: you can ambush troops and horses. Yun Chang can lead a thousand troops to Yushan to ambush, and wait When Yan Liang's army arrives, let the rest of the enemy go; their supplies and supplies must be behind, but seeing the fire in the south, they can send troops to attack, and burn their supplies and supplies."

Guan Yu casually cupped his hands and said "Yes".

Zhuge Liang was displeased, so he asked, "General Guan, can you hear me clearly? Please repeat it!"

Guan Yu didn't take Zhuge Liang seriously at all, but he never listened to the order seriously. What Zhuge Liang said just now went in his left ear and out of his right ear. He only remembered a few words, how could he repeat them all?

For a while, I was awkward in place.

Zhuge Liang said in a deep voice: "Guiding officer! Tell General Guan the topography of Bowang Slope."

The guide came out in response: "What the military master said is true, there is a mountain on the left of Bowang called Yushan, and a forest on the right called Anlin."

Guan Yu glanced at Liu Bei and saw that his eldest brother was unhappy, so he handed over his hand and solemnly accepted the order.

Zhuge Liang continued to click: "Zhang Fei!"

Zhang Fei came out carelessly, and responded loudly: "Yes!"

"Yide can lead a thousand troops to lie in ambush in the valley behind Anlin, only to see the fire in the south, then he can go out and set fire to the old grain and grass in Bowang City."

Zhang Fei took the order and stood with Guan Yu, not retreating.

Zhuge's bright spot will not stop, "Guan Ping and Liu Feng, lead five hundred troops, prepare something to light the fire, wait on both sides behind Bowang Slope, and set fire to the enemy when it gets dark."

He also ordered: "Chen Dao led a thousand troops as the front, and went out from Bowang Slope to meet the enemy's vanguard. Don't win, just lose."

Chen Dao handed over his hand and took the lead.

Zhuge Liang turned to Liu Bei and ordered: "Your Majesty, you can bring in an army as a backup. Each of you must follow the plan and make no mistakes."

Guan Yu said loudly: "We are all going out to meet the enemy, but I don't know what the military division is doing?"

Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and said, "I just sit and guard the county seat."

Zhang Fei laughed and said, "We all go to fight, but you sit at home, so comfortable!"

Zhuge Liang pointed out the things in his hands: "The sword seal is here, and those who disobey the order will be killed!"

Liu Bei glared at the two brothers angrily: "Don't you hear that in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away? The second brother must not disobey the order."

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu looked at each other, sneered and left.

Guan Yu said: "Let's see if his plan should be right or not, then it's not too late to ask him again."

After the two left.All the generals didn't understand Zhuge Liang's strategy, and although they listened to the order today, they were all confused.

Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei: "Today, my lord will lead his troops to settle at the foot of Bowang Mountain. Tomorrow at dusk, the enemy army will arrive. After Chen Dao has been defeated for a while, my lord will fight out from the mountain again. After a little countermeasure, I will abandon the camp and leave. ;”

"But when the fire started, they returned to the army to cover up the killing. Liang, Mi Zhu, and Mi Fang led [-] troops to guard the county."

After all, he ordered Sun Qian and Jian Yong to prepare a celebration banquet and arrange a credit book to serve them.

After the dispatch was over, Liu Bei was still in doubt.

But it is said that Yan Liang and Wen Chou led their troops to Bowang, and divided half of the elite soldiers into the front team, and the rest as the rear army, guarding the grain carts.

It was late autumn in September, and there was a cool breeze.As the people and horses marched, they saw smoke and dust rising in front of them.

Yan Liang put the men and horses aside and asked the guide, "Where is this place?"

The guide replied: "Go straight along the main road, Bowang City is ahead, Luochuankou is behind, and Bowangpo is on the right."

Yan Liang personally went out to the front of the formation, and watched a group of army horses approaching. During the march, the army rebelled, and the banners were not displayed.Immediately burst out laughing.

The generals asked, "Why is the general laughing?"

Yan Liang said: "I laugh at Liu Bei's lack of strategy, and Zhuge Liang's lack of wisdom. Now that he uses his troops, it's nothing more than mediocrity. Using this army and horses as the front line to fight against me is like driving dogs and sheep into the mouth of tigers and leopards!"

"Before this Southern Expedition, I boasted to Haikou in front of the Prime Minister. I want to capture Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang alive. It seems that today I must obey my words!"

Then he rode his horse forward, met Chen Dao, and scolded: "You follow Liu Bei, like a lonely soul following a wild ghost, why don't you come down sooner?"

Chen Dao was furious and rode his horse to fight.When the two horses meet, they don't count. Chen Dao feigns defeat and leaves.

Yan Liang chased after him.Chen Dao walked about three to five miles, returned to his horse and fought again.Don't count and go.

Wen Chou patted his horse forward, and said to Yan Liang, "This man's scheme to lure the enemy is extremely clumsy. I'm afraid there will be an ambush ahead, so don't advance lightly."

Yan Liang looked around at the open area, and said with a smile: "With such a terrain, even if there is an ambush from all sides, why not be afraid!"

After all, Yan Liang was eager to make a contribution, he didn't listen to Wen Chou's persuasion, and went straight to catch up to Bowangpo, but saw that Chen Dao didn't take the main road back to Xinye, but retreated into the slope valley with his remnant soldiers.

Yan Liang hesitated immediately.

At this time, a cannon was heard suddenly, and Liu Bei led his army out of the slope to meet Chen Dao and come to fight.

Yan Liang smiled at Wen Chou: "Nu, this is the ambush soldier! Watch me capture Liu Bei alive and make a great contribution, don't you want to rob me!"

Wen Chou wanted to tell Cheng Yuanzhi's instruction to "go straight to Xinye from the main road" before leaving, but he hesitated and held back when he saw this.

The main reason is that there are only a few thousand people in Xinye, while he and Yan Liang have 10 people under their command.

The disparity in strength was too great, so he couldn't help but look at the other side.

And since Liu Bei is here, it means that the opponent's main force is also here, and Xinye must be an empty city.

For the northern army, the credit for taking an empty city is not even one-tenth that of annihilating the enemy.

This is mainly because Cheng Yuanzhi has always instilled the military thinking in his generals: don't attack the city, only annihilate the living forces.

Therefore, Wen Chou no longer reminded Yan Liang, but only suppressed the rear army and waited outside.

Yan Liang urged the army to advance, but Liu Bei retreated and hurried away.

One after the other, the two sides chased into Bowangpo.

It was already late, with dense clouds and no moonlight; the wind was blowing everywhere during the day, and the wind was getting stronger at night. Yan Liang only cared about urging the army to kill, without any flaws in taking into account the changes in the surrounding environment.


Until we came to a narrow place with reeds and grass on both sides.Yan Liang realized something was wrong just now, and thought to himself:

"The Prime Minister once said that if you don't pursue the poor, you will lose if you deceive the enemy. The road is so narrow, the mountains and rivers are close to each other, and the trees are thick. If he attacks with fire, our army will never stop!"

Thinking of this, sweat poured out of Yan Liang's forehead, and he reined in his horse and shouted: "The rear army, slow down! Slow down!"

But when people and horses meet back and forth, where can they stop all of a sudden?After a long period of chaos, the army gradually stopped its advance.

Han Hao came forward and asked, "General, why did you stop?"

Yan Liang pointed to the terrain on both sides, and said in a trembling voice: "Quickly order the whole army to retreat."

Han Hao took advantage of the dim light to look at it for a while, suddenly realized, and was shocked, and hurried back to his horse to send an order: don't enter the army and horses, turn around on the spot, the rear team will change to the front team, and withdraw from the slope.

Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of shouting and killing behind him. He didn't know where a ball of fire burned first, and then quickly spread among the reeds and trees on both sides.In an instant, fire was everywhere in all directions.

At this time, it was windy again, and the wind helped the fire to burn more fiercely, thick smoke billowed in the sea of ​​fire, people and horses trampled on each other, and countless people died.

(End of this chapter)