Xiaoqi

The situation has deteriorated to this point, and whether the situation can be reversed depends on the immediate battle.

However, when it comes to large-scale decisive battles, intrigue or strategizing is so pale and powerless.Because the generals, generals, and counselors of both sides who lead the army are not ordinary people, the strategies and plans you can think of, the other side can also think of, and they are always watching your every move, and take corresponding countermeasures as soon as they find out.In this way.If you want to plot against the other party, you must first be prepared to be counted by the other party; if you don't want to be caught by the other party's flaws or mistakes, it is best not to act rashly.Otherwise, any petty cleverness or petty tricks is pretentious. Not only will it not be able to calculate the opponent, but it will be used by the opponent after being defeated, thus misleading oneself and the army.Involved the soldiers of the three armies.

Therefore, there is no room for fluke in a head-on decisive battle, and strength is the only thing that determines the outcome.

Three hundred steps apart, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang looked at each other.Their eyes met in the air, and although they had never spoken to each other, they could clearly feel everything in each other's eyes.Here and now.The eyes are the window to the soul, and silence is better than sound.

As former classmates and friends.Now that we meet each other on the battlefield, there is no need to sneer at each other.Don't try to slander the other party and elevate yourself.Because Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang have known each other for many years, they really know each other too well.Zhuge Liang is extremely eloquent and good at eloquent speeches. He can talk about the past and the present, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is eloquent;Since you can't say it to others, why bother to humiliate yourself?

"Let's beat the drums!"

Suddenly, Pang Tong reined in his horse and stood upright, drew his sword and shouted loudly: "Beat the drums and start the battle, and the chariots will charge!"

"Boom, boom, boom!" With the sound of a war drum breaking the silence in front of the formation, the sound of the rumbling war drum resounded like thunder in the wilderness, clearly reaching the ears of all Jingzhou soldiers.

On the commander's platform of the Chinese army, the flag bearer in charge of the command flag waved the command flag, and the chariot array located in the Chinese army was immediately dispatched.The horses neighed, the ground roared, and thousands of two-horse chariots drove straight in, passed through the passage made by the former army, rushed out of the army formation like lightning, and went straight to the Western Jin army.

In front of the Western Jin army, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong ordered the battle almost at the same time: "Crossbowmen step forward, shoot three salvos, let go!"

The battle drums roared, the giant shield soldiers spread out to both sides, ten thousand archers and five thousand chariot crossbowmen stepped forward, and with Zhuge Liang's order, ten thousand arrows were fired.From this moment on, a decisive battle to determine the ownership of the Central Plains officially kicked off

The chariot is galloping, the thunderbolt is frightening, the sharp arrow pierces the sky, and the killing breaks the sky?

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Luoyang Palace.Li Li, who was wearing a yellow robe, stood with his hands behind his back. He stood on the porch and looked up at the southern sky. His deep eyes were dim and he seemed to be thinking, but the expression on his face was extremely calm and calm, making it impossible to fathom.

A gust of cool wind blew, and Li Li's ears moved slightly, and he asked softly, "Should the battle report from Yingchuan arrive?"

"Your Majesty is wise, this is the Yingchuan battle report that was forwarded to General Zhou Yu." After hearing the sound, Li Zhi, who had been on tiptoe, walked quickly to Li Li's side, and handed the bamboo slip in his hand to Li Li.

Just as Li Li spread out the bamboo slips to look through, Li Zhi said softly: "The soldiers who submitted the battle report brought a message from General Zhou Yu, asking His Majesty how to deal with the captured generals of the Cao army, including the seriously wounded General Wei. Generals Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Xiu and others."

"Since it can't be used by me, why do you need to say more?" While speaking, Li Li quickly read the battle report, threw the bamboo slips to Li Zhi, turned and walked into the main hall.

Chapter 275

In the wilderness at the south gate of Wancheng, the two armies faced each other, and the fierce battle was in full swing.

Sharp arrows and arrows fell like rain, the chariots of the two armies collided, people turned their backs, and there were many screams, but they were completely drowned out by the earth-shattering shouts and the sound of galloping horses.There is no mercy on the battlefield.

When the chariot formation was about to be destroyed, thousands of cavalry roared out when the bannermen on the Jingzhou commander's platform waved their flags, trying to use the cover of the chariots to attack the Western Jin army's central battle formation.

"What does Pang Shiyuan intend to do?" Zhuge Liang frowned slightly as he saw the 6000-[-] Jingzhou cavalry killing general approaching, muttering to himself.

Sima Yi, who was standing beside him, smiled slightly: "It's just mystification. With thousands of cavalry trying to attack our camp, it's tantamount to killing yourself by shaking a tree or hitting a rock with an egg. How can Pang Tong not know such a simple thing? , why send [-] cavalry to die? Therefore, he has only one purpose in doing so, which is to deceive our cavalry to attack."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "It makes sense. In this way, the previous judgment of the two of us is correct. Next, Pang Shiyuan will withdraw the army by feigning defeat, so as to lure our army to chase and kill, so he will fall into the trap he dug in advance. in the pit."

Sima Yi nodded happily, and said with disdain on his face: "Repeat the old skills, pick up the wisdom of others, and Pang Shiyuan's skills are exhausted!" After sneering, Sima Yi went on to say: "Ten years ago during the war between Si Li and Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao exhausted tens of thousands of troops and hollowed out the In the wilderness for several miles, I tried to kill our Xiliang army in one fell swoop. The result was that the cleverness was misunderstood. Although tens of thousands of soldiers were killed in our army, nearly 20 allied troops were killed. Now the huge Mirror Lake is Yuan Shao's masterpiece. 30 soldiers in one fell swoop is really a heinous crime. No wonder Yuan Shao died in depression, but married Cao Cao after working hard all his life.

During the expedition, His Majesty deliberately camped by the Jinghu Lake.This is a warning to us, the lessons learned from the past are still in front of us, and we must not repeat the same mistakes.Unexpectedly, Pang Tong repeated his old tricks this time, trying to use a trap to deal with my Xiliang iron cavalry.Such tricks are really ridiculous and generous! "

Zhuge Liang nodded slightly, and immediately ordered the giant shield soldiers to step forward, with the spears behind, and the archers to shoot freely.However, he didn't know what he was thinking, he knew that the Jingzhou iron cavalry was deceitful.However, Zhang Fei still ordered Zhang Fei to lead the iron cavalry of the Suzaku Battalion into battle to kill the cavalry that Pang Tong used as bait.

Amidst the sound of "cracking" horseshoes, Zhang Fei led the [-] Suzaku battalion to rush out of the army formation, and brazenly confronted the Jingzhou iron cavalry who had rushed over with their horses. Just one charge killed the cavalry, and they fled in a hurry.At this moment, the Jingzhou army finally retreated, and the rear army became the front army, and quickly withdrew from the battlefield.Retreat to Xipingao, twenty miles away.

"I don't know what the general's intention is?" Seeing that the Jingzhou army retreated before being defeated, Sima Yi pointed at Zhang Fei who was leading the army in pursuit and the warriors of the Zhuque Battalion under his tent, and asked the reason in a low voice in bewilderment.Although he didn't say anything, the implication was to question Kong Ming's order.Ask him why he sent the Suzaku camp under Zhang Fei's tent to die.

Zhuge Liang shook his head lightly: "Don't worry, Zhongda, I will never treat the lives of the soldiers under my command as a trifle, let alone let them go to death. To tell you the truth, I told Zhang Fei during the discussion last night that he would lead the army Pretend to pursue. Pay attention to the withdrawal route of the Jingzhou army along the way, and then follow and chase. After the Jingzhou army has withdrawn from the battlefield, our army will follow up, throw stones with thunderbolt chariots to ask for directions, and then pursue them aggressively. In this way, Pang Shiyuan's deception The strategy of defeating and luring the enemy failed, and we were able to take advantage of the victory to pursue the attack, turning the false defeat of the Jingzhou army into a disastrous defeat. Therefore, as long as the trap is destroyed in this battle, our army will surely win!"

Just as Zhuge Liang was speaking, Zhang Fei had already led the [-] Suzaku Battalion iron cavalry and the [-] infantry of the former army to pursue them murderously.After chasing for several miles, I saw that Zhang Fei commanded nearly [-] troops to disperse impressively, bypassing the blank space of the rear army deliberately left by the Jingzhou army, detoured on both wings, and continued to pursue the victory.

Immediately, the Thunderbolt Chariot, a long-range attack weapon of the Chinese camp, moved forward rapidly, and more than a hundred Thunderbolt Chariots threw the rocks at the same time, and the huge rock smashed into the deserted wilderness.Accompanied by a loud bang, the hollowed-out ground collapsed and the dust was flying, but a sinkhole about 500 meters long and 1000 meters wide was gradually revealed. The ground was still green a moment ago. The grass was like grass, but the next moment it turned into a killing hell that could kill tens of thousands of people.

"All officers and men listen to my orders, the whole army strikes, kill!" The moment the trap appeared, Zhuge Liang drew out his sword without hesitation, pointed the sword forward, and brazenly ordered to attack.

"Kill, kill, kill!" Amidst the deafening shouts of killing, the iron cavalry of the Wolf Cavalry Battalion and the Longxiang Battalion galloped brazenly, followed by 12 soldiers of the rear army, and killed the Jingzhou army pretending to withdraw.At this moment, the army of the Western Jin Dynasty was as powerful as a rainbow. [-] cavalry galloped on horseback, and [-] infantrymen galloped wildly, clung to the defeated Jingzhou army and chased them down.

"Huh!" Seeing the 10,000+ army chasing up, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Yang Fu all let out a long sigh at the same time, and rode their horses to the pit.At this moment, there are still 2 horses following them, but the battle in front of them no longer requires them to go to the front to command the battle in person, and the battalion owners will be fully capable of dealing with the next battle.Therefore, the three of them don't need to do the hard work of charging into the battle, just sit in the rear, otherwise it will add chaos to the army, and the effort will not be appreciated.Therefore, Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, and Yang Fu were all self-aware, consciously staying in the rear, and leaving a reserve team to deal with unexpected emergencies.

Looking down at the huge depression in front of him, Sima Yi said with lingering fear: "At least tens of thousands of people need to dig such a large depression day and night, and it is not easy to avoid the detection of our army's scouts! In order to defeat my Xiliang iron cavalry, Pang Tong really did it." What a painstaking effort!"

Yang Fu sympathized and said: "If it weren't for the long history of the enemy, the Jingzhou army's conspiracy could be broken early, I am afraid that more than [-] cavalry in our army will be buried here. Pang Tong's move is sinister and vicious. pole!"

After hearing the words of the two of them, Zhuge Liang shook his head slightly, and sighed in a low voice: "I am the iron cavalry of the Western Jin Dynasty, who conquered the world bravely. For more than ten years, I conquered east and west, fought south and north, and galloped horizontally and invincibly. If we change places. When I face such a powerful war cavalry, I am afraid that I will be like Pang Shiyuan. I will try my best to defeat the Xiliang cavalry. After all, our Jin army has always been good at cavalry. Bow horse riding and shooting are all good, and strong bows and crossbows are far away It is no exaggeration to say that as long as my Xiliang iron cavalry survives, the Southern Han and Northern Wei countries will be wiped out within ten years. Therefore, this situation is also Pang Shiyuan's helplessness For example, in a frontal decisive battle, the only way to defeat the war cavalry is to trap the pit, and there is no other good way."

Sima Yi and Yang Fu nodded in agreement.Sima Yi said: "Since the Battle of Jizhou, Your Majesty has not mobilized any more troops. Except for the conquest of Yizhou, more than half of our troops are resting, building ordnance, furnishing troops, and waiting for opportunities. This time we set up Clever trick, lure the snake out of the hole, drive the tiger to devour the wolf, attack the enemy later, and then wipe out all the enemy troops who entered Sili in one fell swoop.

before that.I have always believed that the reason why our army is invincible and invincible is the careful planning of hundreds of generals and civil servants in the army.It wasn't until I personally experienced the battle of Yingchuan and the decisive battle of Wancheng in front of me that I realized that His Majesty had already begun to lay out the layout when he conquered the princes of various towns.Plan ahead and cast a big net, and the ropes that weave this net are 40 cavalry.The intention is to wipe out all the princes of the towns! "

Yang Fu continued: "That's true. After the battle of Jizhou, His Majesty sent out all the cavalry from each battalion. General Dian Wei's Huben camp was stationed in Chang'an Sanfu. Xu Chu's Qinglong camp and Zhao Yun's Wushuang cavalry Stationed in Sili, Zhang Yan and Xu Huang led Feiyan Qingqi to garrison Heishan. Ke Bineng's Youzhou Army was stationed in Youzhou, Zhang Liao's Wuwei Camp was stationed in Hefei, Zhou Yu's Shuofeng Camp was stationed in Yuzhou, and the Eagle Guard Stationed in Yizhou, Jinyiwei, Feixiong Ying Gongwei Gyeonggi.

During this battle, His Majesty secretly ordered the Longxiang Camp, Wolf Cavalry Camp and Zhuque Camp to station 15 cavalry troops in Chang'an, personally lead the army to attack Guandu, and then ordered General Xu Rong to command the Youzhou Camp, Feiyan Qingqi Cavalry and Wuju Camp to go south to Jizhou , while General Zhou Yu led the Wuwei camp, Shuofeng camp, Feixiong camp, and the sinking camp to the north to Yanzhou, marching north and south, and attacking the Northern Wei Dynasty.At the same time, Li Xian, king of Shu, personally led the eagle guard cavalry and Lu Meng's tent to go down to the Jiangzhou camp to attack Jiangdong;It can be said that the three armies are used together, and the four forces are deployed simultaneously, and the world can be determined in one battle! "

Zhuge Liang happily nodded in agreement, and laughed loudly: "Now that Cao Ren's army has been wiped out, after I annihilate the main force of the Jingzhou army, Your Majesty will aspire to the top of the country, and the king's arrival in the world is just around the corner! Hahaha"

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Time flies, and it is the 13th year of Jian'an, that is, 208 AD.

The army of the Western Jin Dynasty fought with one enemy and two at the same time in the southern and northern battlefields. The war lasted for five years.

Until the beginning of the 13th year of Jian'an, Li Li led the Southern Expedition Army with Zhuge Liang as the commander, Ju Yi as the deputy commander, Sima Yi as the military division, and Yang Fu as the army commander, leading the Wolf Cavalry Army, Longxiang Camp, Huben Camp, Zhuque Camp, Xian Dengying, Wuweiying and other 30 troops marched south to Jingzhou. After five years of fierce fighting, they finally broke through Xiangyang City and sent troops to capture the counties and counties of Jingzhou.After the fall of the capital of the Southern Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Biao and his family fled Jingzhou in a hurry and crossed the Yangtze River south in an attempt to seek refuge in Jiangdong.

On the way to escape, Liu Biao fell ill from depression and died on the warship heading to Jiangdong.After Liu Biao's death, Cai Mao and the Kuai brothers conspired to turn against each other, kidnapped Liu Cong, the young master of the Southern Han Dynasty, led his troops back to Jiangxia, surrendered to the army of the Western Jin Dynasty, and openly declared that they wanted to dedicate the Queen Cai to Jin Emperor Li Li.Unexpectedly, Jin Emperor Li Li rejected the gifts from Cai Mao and others, and instead bestowed the Cai family on Guan Yu, who had made many achievements in the Southern Expedition, and gave a pair of sisters beside the Cai family to the sworn brothers who had been stationed in Yongzhou for more than ten years. Fan Yong.Brothers Liu Qi and Liu Cong were sent to Chang'an to accompany their "uncles" Liu Zhang and Liu Bei.

The next month after the fall of Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Gan Ning led the Jinfan Battalion and the Yangzhou Navy to break through the Wujun Water Village and enter Jiangdong.At the same time, Li Xian, king of Shu, led the Yingying Guard and the Jiangzhou water army under Lu Meng's tent, traveling for three thousand miles. It took four years to pacify Jiaozhou. Jiangdong.Therefore, following Liu Qi and Liu Cong, Sun Shao, the young master of Jiangdong, was also sent to Chang'an to "retire for the rest of his life" with his uncle Sun Quan.

After Jingzhou and Jiangdong were destroyed one after another, Wei State, which had been fighting hard for five years, was surrounded by enemies and could not support itself.However, Cao Cao did not have the consciousness to retreat in the face of difficulties. He devoted all his energy to dealing with the army of the Western Jin Dynasty, and he did not surrender in a deadly battle. He persisted for two years.

In 210 AD, that is, in May of the 15th year of Jian'an, Yanzhou and Qingzhou under the rule of the Northern Wei Dynasty fell one after another, and half of the counties and counties in Jizhou also fell into the hands of Jin Emperor Li Li.In desperation, Wei Emperor Cao Cao put all his eggs in one basket and mobilized 20 soldiers and horses under his command. Jin Emperor Li Li personally led 20 cavalry in a decisive battle in the northern suburbs of Yecheng, the imperial capital.In the end, the Wei army was defeated. Cao Hong, Cao Zhen, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang and other relatives of the Cao family died in battle. More than half of the generals of the Wei state were killed in battle. Only Wei Emperor Cao Cao was seriously injured and captured.

In the spring of 212 AD, Jin Emperor Li Li personally conquered Liaodong, quelled the rebellion of the Gongsun family in Liaodong, and led a large army to invade the Liaodong Peninsula, pacifying Puyu, Goguryeo and other Liaodong vassal states.So far, the world has surrendered, the world is unified, and the emperor Li Li of the Western Jin Dynasty is in charge of Shenzhou, and the king is in the world.

In 220 AD, that is, the eighth year of Huanglong in the Western Jin Dynasty, Emperor Li Li Weiyang Palace hosted a banquet for Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, Liu Cong, Sun Quan, Sun Shao and other former princes and heroes.

At the banquet, Li Li, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Liu Zhang sat around the table. They did not speak to each other, but they did not hate each other. At least Cao Cao did not show any hostility towards Li Li.After half an hour, Cao Cao and Liu Bei blushed from drinking, and they were already very drunk.After getting drunk, Cao Cao and Liu Bei no longer had any scruples, and talked nonsense, counting Li Li's gains and losses in the past eight years since he settled the world, and then turned over the old accounts of eight years ago, commented on Li Li, and even pointed at Li Li's when they were emotional. The nose yelled.Liu Zhang didn't dare to say much, so he kept silent during the dinner and just buried himself in drinking.

However, Li Li, who had passed his forties, was not angry at all. He listened to Cao Cao and Liu Bei scolding him unscrupulously, while pouring wine for them, adding a sentence from time to time, adding to the old things that they had gradually forgotten, Lest they think hard for a long time but can't explain clearly.

After the banquet, Sun Quan, who was in his thirties, dropped a sentence before leaving: "Only the victor is qualified to judge right and wrong. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!" After speaking, Sun Quan and Sun Shao's uncle and nephew helped Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who were drunk, to walk out of Weiyang Palace slowly, and returned to the "mansion" under the escort of the imperial guards.

Watching them leave, Li Li felt lost, and said to himself: "Unexpectedly, Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Sun Quan became friends and forged a deep uncle and nephew relationship. After 20 years of extraordinary years, four For ten years, I, Li Li, won the world, but in the end I became a lonely family. The world is impermanent!"

At the end of the banquet, everyone dispersed, and the setting sun set in the west.Li Li stood in front of Weiyang Palace, looking up at the sunset with his hands behind his back, a long-lost song popped up in his mind:

"the river is long and tempestuous, it was like a hero.