Chapter 1012 Bait

  In fact, the conflict between Jia Xu and Guo Huai has a long history.

  To be precise, Jia Xu has been dissatisfied with Guo Huai for a long time.

   thought that Guo Huai was too timid, and was beaten to death by the Shu people in the battle of Xiaoguan.

  Gu has complained more than once in private that Guo Huai fears Shu like a tiger.

  If it is said that the opposite is Feng thief, it can also be understood as being cautious.

  Then, after Feng thief quit Qiaoshan, Guo Huai actually suffered from the other party's losses in the face of the unknown thief general, which is simply extremely incompetent.

  In the army, most of the chief generals are at odds with the subordinate generals, which is probably a tradition in Wei's army.

  At that time, Zhang Liao, Le Jin and Li Dian were at odds, but they stayed in Hefei together to guard against Sun Quan.

  Cao Xiu and Jia Kui were at odds, and the two were often sent by the Lord Wei to fight against Jiangdong.

  Now Man Chong and Wang Ling are at odds, and at the same time, they are each leading an army, guarding the front line of Yangzhou.

  Therefore, it is not surprising that Jia Xu and Guo Huai are at odds.

   At this time, after Guo Huai asked Jia Xu to break up, Jia Xu immediately felt that the other party was trying to retaliate against him, so he was naturally very upset.

   It's just that the military orders are like mountains, Guo Huai is the main general in the army after all, Jia Xu is not angry, but he can only obey the orders.

   Jiang Wei, who had been observing the opposite mountain with a telescope, immediately noticed the large-scale mobilization of Wei Jun.

  So he discussed with Li Qiu:

   "I see the movements of the thieves, it's quite strange, I'm afraid they want to escape?"

  In the past few months, Jiang Wei and Guo Huai have played against each other many times.

  Jiang Wei has the sharpness of soldiers, Guo Huai has the advantage of many soldiers, each of them has their own victories, and they all know that their opponents are not easy to fight.

  Li Qiu can now be regarded as one of the top figures in the Xinghan Association, and he is quite talented.

  In normal times, he might not be able to obey Jiang Wei.

  But my brother has always been knowledgeable, and this time he ordered the general in person.

  In addition, for the sake of the overall situation, he has no objection on the surface, but in fact he buried his dissatisfaction in his heart.

   After several months of working together, after seeing that Jiang Wei fought with inferior troops so that the opponent dared not move easily, he finally let go of his prejudice.

  So after Jiang Wei asserted that the traitor Wei had the intention to withdraw, Li Qiu did not object, but asked:

   "Why did General Jiang say that?"

  Jiang Wei explained:

   "I see that the thieves have made a lot of noise this time. It seems that the whole army is dispatched. If they are not preparing to dispatch to fight with us, they must have plans."

   "However, in the past few months, the thieves and I have known that unless reinforcements arrive, the strength of each of these troops is not enough to shake the opponent's camp."

   "So in my opinion, the thieves are making such a noise, not because they are aggressively attacking, but in all likelihood they are preparing to retreat."

   Li Qiu listened, with a thoughtful look on his face:

   "In the battle to regain Guanzhong, the prime minister sent troops from Hanzhong, and the prince led the army to attack Bingzhou. Could it be that there has been a change in Guanzhong?"

   "This is exactly what I expected!" Jiang Wei's eyes shone with excitement, "Who in the world can stop the prime minister and the king from attacking from east to west?"

   "So this time it must be that the prime minister or the prince has made progress, and Guanzhong is in a hurry, so the thief had to withdraw from Qiaoshan."

  The Liangzhou army has traveled thousands of miles across the desert, and they are already considered elite soldiers that are rare in the world.

   It's me, I didn't even dare to think that after reaching Jiuyuan, the Liangzhou army would still be able to attack thousands of miles again.

   Wei thief is even less likely to think of it.

  The Battle of Guanzhong has been going on for more than half a year. If the Junhou is going well, let alone win Bingzhou, if you are bolder, maybe you can try drinking the horse river.

  As long as the prince enters Hedong, the Wei State may shake the whole country.

  If the prime minister cooperates to hold back the main force of the Wei thief, then...

  Thinking of this, Jiang Wei became more excited.

  Although it was speculation, Jiang Wei's tone was extremely affirmative. Obviously, his confidence in the prime minister and Feng Shishi was much stronger than that of Li Qiu.

   "Then... what does General Jiang intend to do?"

   Li Qiu asked hesitantly.

   Obviously, Li Qiu was more cautious than Jiang Wei before he got the exact news of the thief.

  Jiang Wei's somewhat aggressive and adventurous temperament is fully exposed at this time:

  "According to the art of war, if you want to retreat, it is best to retreat after winning, so that you don't have to worry about chasing troops."

   "The second class is to show battle and retreat, which can make the enemy have doubts and dare not pursue with all their strength."

   "The third one is to retreat without fighting, and the rear army must be in danger; the last one is to retreat after being defeated, and the whole army is in danger of being wiped out."

   "So if the thieves go to battle with great fanfare tomorrow, it's really a guilty conscience. We must fight hard, and it is best to win the battle, so that the thieves dare not retreat easily."

   "If the thief does not fight, you must pay attention to the fact that the thief has escaped. It is time for us to make great achievements."

   Such a firm tone made Li Qiu a little worried:

   "In case the thief didn't retreat..."

   "It's okay." Jiang Wei knew what he meant, and suggested: "If we go to battle tomorrow, I will personally lead the tiger infantry into battle. General Li, you can guard the rear camp. You can not only provide support, but also prevent thieves from cheating."

  The terrain of Qiaoshan is complex. Unless it is an attack from the surrounding mountains, otherwise, the two armies will fight between the mountains or valleys, ranging from more than a thousand to as many as two or three thousand.

  Even if they are divided into front and back echelons and take turns to fight, there will not be more than 10,000 people.

  In this case, Jiang Wei, as the main general, actually wanted to go into battle himself.

  Li Qiu said euphemistically:

   "General Jiang is the chief general in the army, how can he easily visit the enemy's line in person?"

   "Eshun of Modao Camp is a strong general. Tomorrow, let him lead the current army of Modao Camp. General Jiang can lead the Tiger Army in the middle. If so, there will be no worries."

  Before leaving, Governor Feng left the entire Modao camp, especially the owner of Modao camp, Modao hand Eshun, who was born with supernatural powers, but he was ugly like a ghost.

  Even without a ghost mask, it can scare the timid like hitting a ghost in the daytime.

  Jiang Wei got the support of Li Qiu, and he was overjoyed at the moment:

   "So good."

   On the second day, when they went up to three poles, they saw a Wei army and came to the flat ground under the Han army's stronghold to form an array, and at the same time sent people to provoke and shout.

  Jiang Wei smiled at Li Qiu and said:

   "The thief is exactly what I expected."

  Li Qiu couldn't help admiring him.

   Seeing that Jiang Wei was eager to lead people to fight, he quickly reminded:

   "If the thieves want to win and retreat, this time it must be like a battle of trapped animals. General Jiang still needs to pay attention to the thieves' ambush."

  Jiang Wei responded with a full mouth.

Just when Jiang Wei and Li Qiu were concentrating on dealing with the provocative Wei army, they didn't know that Guo Huai in Xinglong pass quietly led the army before dawn, and began to follow the Qin Zhidao and cross the bridge mountain The mountain behind the main peak.

  The main peak of Qiaoshan where Xinglongguan is located is higher than other peaks.

  The so-called climbing high and looking far, although the Han army can take advantage of the telescope to detect the movement of the enemy in advance.

   But the telescope can't penetrate the mountain and see the real movement of Guo Huai behind the main peak.

   Guo Mo, who rode away with Guo Huai, couldn't help looking back at Xinglong Pass, which was getting farther and farther behind him, with admiration on his face:

   "How did the general know that Jia Xu would not obey the general's order to guard the camp, but went to meet the enemy without authorization?"

  Guo Huai smiled triumphantly:

   "Jia Xu, who talks a lot about my fear of the enemy, seems to despise me, but in fact he doesn't take the Shu captives seriously."

   "Before I suppressed him, he refused to accept it. Now I let him lead the army alone, and before I left, I deliberately provoked him with words. How could he not be angry?"

   "How can he listen to my words? As soon as I leave, even if he doesn't lead the army to fight without authorization, I'm afraid he will open his stronghold to meet the enemy when the Shu captives come to test him."

   Speaking of this, he sneered:

   "But he doesn't know, the more he is like this, the more he follows my will! Otherwise, how could he confuse the Shu captives and willingly cover our retreat?"

  Jiang Wei understands the principle of retreating after victory or withdrawing troops after war. How could Guo Huai, who has fought for so many years, not understand?

  Jiang Wei guessed from the large-scale transfer of Wei Ying that Guo Huai might retreat.

  But it never expected that Guo Huai would retreat in this way.

   It can even be said to be a certain way of a strong man breaking his wrist.

   This is the wrist, a little different.

  High EQ is more assertive and persistent in doing things.

  The saying of low emotional intelligence is a tendon, a bit silly, head-headed...

  Since Zhuge Liang left Qishan for the first time after Liu Bei's death, Wei State has never defeated the Han army on the battlefield again.

  Emperor Wei, Da Sima, general, governor, etc., were all defeated generals of the Han army.

   Jia Xu thought he could be an exception.

  Guo Huai is not Jia Xu, he does not have Jia Xu's self-confidence, let alone believe in Jia Xu:

   "We have to go faster, otherwise, if Jia Xu loses too quickly, the Shu captives will soon catch up."

  Guo Huai used Jia Xu as a bait to block Jiang Wei's pursuit.

  What he didn't know was that Sima Yi also used him as bait, planning to use him to catch wood turtles, the big wood turtle that was fishing by the river.

   Not only that, while Guo Huai was retreating, he did not forget to follow Sima Yi's instructions and send fast horses to the northwest along the Jing River.

   See if there is a way to get Deng Ai, who is under Xiaoguan, to try to return to Chang'an from Jingshui.

  汧 County absolutely cannot return.

  In Guo Huai's view, Da Sima has already made plans to abandon most of the pass, and is ready to shrink his troops, relying on Chang'an or Tongguan to fight to the death with the Shu captives.

   It's just that Xiaoguan is too far away from Chang'an, whether Deng Ai can lead the army back is still a question.

  But this is not within the scope of Guo Huai's consideration, after all, he has problems in his own way.

  As for the Xiaoqi General Qin Lang, it is not something that Guo Huai should consider. Presumably the Great Sima has his own arrangements.

  Guo Huai didn't expect that the arrangement was arranged by Da Sima, but in the eyes of Da Sima, not only Guo Huai was a decoy, but Deng Ai, who was under Xiaoguan, was even more of a decoy.

  As for Qin Lang...it is a bait bigger than himself, and this bait has already been swallowed by the prime minister.

  Forty miles to the west of Wuzhangyuan, Wei Yan of the Han Army has led the army around Weibei, and can cross the river at any time and insert Qin Lang's rear obliquely.

  The two wings of Qin Lang, because of the fine weather, finally recovered the mobility of the Han Army, the Northern and Southern Second Armies, and their armored cavalry have been wandering around, ready to go.

   Directly opposite, the tiger infantry army pressed forward step by step, constantly demolishing the periphery of Qin Lang's camp.

   "General, the outside is unstoppable!"

"I saw."

  Qin Lang stood on the commander's platform in the camp, watching the last trench being filled by the Han army, with a calm face.

  He was originally born of the Du family, and he inherited his mother's excellent genes. He is as his name suggests, with a handsome face, which is always a little soft on weekdays, making people feel like they want to get close.

  Cao Rui always likes to let him stay overnight in the palace, not without reason.

   It's just that Qin Lang's face at this time, no longer has the usual softness, only calm, with dead ashes in the calm, full of despair in the dead ashes.

   It was agreed to attack the Shu captive army together, but after a heavy rain, it turned into the Shu captive army attacking himself together.

  Where is Da Sima? !

  What about Sima Yi? !

  How dare he? !

   "Where is the person who sent for help today?"

  Qin Lang asked in a low voice.

   Until the Han soldiers approached the gate of the camp, Qin Lang still couldn't believe that Sima Yi just left him and ran away.

  He would rather believe that Sima Yi was defeated by Zhuge Liang.

   These days, he has been trying to find a way to ask for help from the outside.

   "General...General, there are no soldiers willing to break out of the siege for help, and so many groups of people have been sent out for help. It has been so long, and no news has come back..."

  The lieutenant general muttered, unable to continue.

   To the north is the Wei River, to the south is the Qinling Mountains, and to the east is the army of Shu captives. Only Chencang in the west can go.

   But Chen Cang has only three thousand people, so what can I do?

  Even if all the defenders of Qian County came here, it would be nothing more than accompanying them to death.

  The only thing that can really save the current situation is the East.

   "General? How about we..."

  The deputy general tentatively said something.

  Qin Lang turned his head, his eyes were cold:

"What?"

  The deputy general swallowed a mouthful of saliva:

   "Since there has been no news from Da Sima, why don't we retreat to Chencang?"

  Qin Lang had a bitter look on his face, and pointed to the front side:

   "No refund."

  There is exactly where the Shu captive cavalry haunted.

  If it is changed from before, if you can't beat it, at least you can run it. After all, where did the horses come from in Shu?

  But since the loss of Longyou, especially Liangzhou, the cavalry army of the Shu captives became number one in the world overnight.

  Whoever dares to escape with the Shu captive on his back is a dead end.

   If they were defeated and fled, then I am afraid that the horse will not be able to turn back.

  When the lieutenant general heard this, he also had a look of sadness on his face:

   "General, what shall we do?"

   "What should I do? The only thing I can do is repay the king with my heart!"

  Qin Lang seems to have made a choice long ago, with firm eyes:

   "We have been greatly favored by His Majesty, and we have already dedicated our lives to His Majesty. Now that we encounter a strong captive, we should do our best to kill the enemy and repay your favor!"

   As he spoke, Qin Lang pulled out the sword at his waist and shouted:

   "I, Qin Lang, swear here that I will share life and death with all the soldiers in this battle, but if there is one breath left, I will fight to the death with all the soldiers!"

   Infected by the chief general's emotions, the guard generals standing around and under the high platform all roared angrily:

   "Fight to the end!"

  They were originally loyal to Cao Rui, and their family members were hostages in Luoyang, so there was no room for surrender at this time.

  Qin Lang's eyes contained great resentment:

  Sima Yi, if I am lucky enough to return to Luoyang, I must avenge you for seeing death today!

   "Pass my military order, the generals will return to their camps, mobilize elites, and obey orders at any time!"

   "No!"

  Outside the camp, the Shu captives had already filled in the last trench for a section of the road, and at the same time rolled out huge bridge vehicles to build two wide roads.

   The crash car made of sharpened logs was pushed to the front of the trench.

   It seemed that the Shu captives didn't want to give themselves a chance to breathe.

  Qin Lang clenched his teeth.

  (end of this chapter)