Chapter 27 2. Zhuge Liang attacked Shangguiyuan
Although it was only ten miles away from the camp of the Shu army that besieged the Qishan camp, Sima Yi and the 45,000 Wei troops he brought with him did not take the initiative to attack the enemy immediately, but found a dangerous area near the mountains and rivers to fight steadily. He set up his camp steadily and set up a stronghold, assuming a posture of vowing to fight the Shu army for a long time.
Sima Yi's move once again aroused strong dissatisfaction among the generals.The team of troops traveled nearly a thousand miles from Shanggu Plain to attack the Shu bandits head-on and rescue the siege of Qishan in time.Who would have thought that when General Sima arrived at the foot of Mount Qi, he set up camp and built an antler fence, and had no intention of fighting against the Shu army at all.This caused Fei Yao, Dai Ling, Guo Huai and other generals to complain again. They were all excited, and they all came to Sima Yi's Chinese army tent to ask to fight and kill the enemy.
Sima Yi sat quietly on the tiger-skin chair in the tent, listening to all the generals under his command making a fuss, but kept calm and did not express his opinion.After waiting for about half an hour, the generals had finished their spittle, finished speaking, people were tired from the noise, and the tent gradually became quiet. Then Sima Yi raised his head calmly, and suddenly there was a sudden change in the depths of his eyes. As soon as the light came on, a cold light shone, and he stared at the generals under the tent coldly, gaining momentum, but did not speak.I don't know why, the Wei generals are usually murderous and ruthless characters. Today, when they looked at this calm and arrogant General Sima, everyone felt that his eyes were sharp, as if they could see through them with just one glance. Going to the bottom of my heart, my whole body suddenly felt cold, and I couldn't help but shut my mouth and kept silent.
After Sima Yi raised his head and looked around at the generals for a week, he said slowly: "You should know that Zhuge Liang's large-scale attack this time was originally planned for a long time and has been prepared for a long time. They used the name of restoring the false Han to confuse people's hearts, but The generals and men of Shu are willing to fight for them, and they have become the masters of tigers and wolves. How can they be underestimated? Although the Shu army has besieged Qishan for more than two months, according to my commander, they are full of vigor and vitality. Hungry tigers come out of the scorpion. They don’t eat human flesh and don’t stop. It’s extremely dangerous. If you fight head-to-head with them, even if you don’t suffer, but ‘kill three thousand enemies, and lose eight hundred yourself’, this is not the best strategy to deal with the enemy! Don't be impatient, Jun Shao, this commander will send troops to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop."
Dai Ling was very impatient to hear that, and as soon as Sima Yi finished speaking, he jumped out of the line and shouted: "Now that the Shu bandits are coming to fight and shrink their heads, why don't the people in the world laugh at us for being as cowardly as a mouse?" ?”
When Sima Yi heard this, he couldn't help feeling secretly angry, but he gritted his teeth to hold back, without showing any signs of expression, his left hand hidden in the sleeve of his robe suddenly crackled, and he clenched his fist unconsciously.He was silent for a moment, then burst out laughing, and said: "General Dai is commendable for his loyalty and bravery. He is worthy of being my Great Tiger General of Wei. This commander admires him. Come! Pass on my commander's order to let General Dai lead 8,000 troops to fight! " As he said, he threw a command arrow to Dai Ling, stared at him deeply, and said: "I am waiting here for the good news of General Dai!"
Dai Ling took the command arrow as soon as he had no time to think about it, he immediately beamed with joy, jumped up and down, and encouraged him to leave.After Sima Yi waited for him to leave the camp, he stroked his beard and murmured for a moment, then called Zhang He again, and said: "General Zhang quickly leads five thousand elite soldiers to follow General Dai to fight, and hold the formation for General Dai in the rear. Remember—this battle If you win, don't chase after him; if you lose this battle, quickly retreat!" Zhang Yun nodded after hearing this, and took his orders to leave.
Sima Yi watched Zhang Xi walk away quickly, a look of worry flashed across his face.He sighed deeply in his heart, but he was helpless.In fact, in the past few months, Sima Yi has already found out the details of the Guanzhong army he brought with him through his open and unannounced visits.Although the Guanzhong army has made many illustrious military exploits in recent years, it has long been "tired and unable to rest, tired and restless" after years of fighting in the high mountains and mountains of Longxi.However, all the generals in Guanzhong were very happy with their achievements, and they only knew how to push forward bravely, completely ignoring the dangers and dangers in their own troops.The reason why Sima Yi has been reluctant to take up the challenge all this time is precisely because of this danger, and he dare not act rashly.At the same time, Sima Yi has also made up his mind that as long as he repels the Shu invaders this time, he will free up his hands to carry out a comprehensive rectification of the Guanzhong army, eliminate its inertia and increase its vigor, and effectively consolidate the combat effectiveness of the army.However, Zhang Yun, who is the general of Zhengxi chariot and cavalry, does not know whether it is intentional or unintentional. They are booing blindly, with no opinion and no vision. It is really "more than enough wisdom for a general, but not enough for a general".Fortunately, Cao Rui did not hand over the military power in Guanzhong to this person, otherwise, with his bland and flamboyant style and eagerness for quick success and quick profit, the situation in Guanzhong has already been defeated and out of control!A few years ago, Sima Yi heard that Ma Su, who missed the street pavilion among the Shu bandits, was the contemporary "Zhao Kuo". After he came to Guanzhong, he carefully observed the actions of the so-called "No. In his words and actions, he understood what is called Ma Di's "excessive name".
Sima Yi slowly brought his thoughts back to reality. Seeing the eager expressions of Fei Yao, Jia Si, Guo Huai and other generals under the tent, he couldn't help but look serious, and said solemnly: "Don't worry, gentlemen, we are in this tent." Wait for a while, and wait for the battle report ahead. This commander has said beforehand, if General Dai wins this battle, I will immediately let you go to the battlefield to show your power, and will never be restrained; if General Dai loses, please ask everyone In the future, everyone will strictly abide by the order of the Commander, and those who make unreasonable comments about going to war will act according to military law!" When the generals in the tent heard this, they all looked at each other, and they all prayed to God and Buddha in their hearts, looking forward to Dai Ling's triumphant return.
About three hours later, when the last rays of the setting sun in the sky poured into the tents and climbed up the toes of each general's shoes, a burst of chaotic noise broke the tranquility of the evening.The moment he heard the noise, Sima Yi suddenly stood up from the tiger leather chair, his face immediately became tense, his eyes were fixed on the outside of the tent, but he remained silent.
The noise was getting closer and closer, but it stopped outside the tent of the Chinese army.After a while, there was a "crash", and I saw Zhang Xi holding a long sword with blood dripping on the blade, lifted the curtain, and walked in exhaustedly, with a disgraced face and a very ugly expression. .
Immediately, all Wei generals were stunned like wooden men!The tent immediately fell into deathly silence!
After a long time, Sima Yi asked in a trembling voice: "What is the result of the battle? Tell me!" Zhang He licked his chapped lips, and said in a muttered voice: "The Shu bandits dispatched 20,000 troops together with the three generals Wei Yan, Jiang Wei, and Wang Ping The siege came...General Dai fought desperately, was seriously injured, and was...carried to the rear camp to heal his injuries...We lost more than 300 cavalry horses and more than 4,000 soldiers...However, the Shu bandits probably also The casualties of our army are about the same..."
Listening to Zhang Yun's intermittent report on the battle situation, Sima Yi just kept his face sullen and said nothing, his thick eyebrows gradually knit into a ball.It seems that he had guessed right beforehand that the Shu army really adopted a "both-lose" war of attrition in an attempt to damage its own vitality under the situation that the two sides' vital forces were not equal.He stood there without speaking for a long time, his face became extremely complicated.Sima Shi, who was standing beside him, saw his father's expression, knew that his heart was overwhelmed, so he could only watch silently from the sidelines, not daring to intervene to persuade him.
After a long while, Sima Yi waved his hand and ordered: "Come here, help General Zhang go down to rest." Two soldiers from outside the tent entered in response to the sound, and retreated out with the help of Zhang He, whose face was covered in blood.
As soon as Zhang Yun left the camp, Sima Yi's face darkened, and he uttered a sentence from between his teeth: "Masters, please remember to be patient and patient, to be cautious, to wait for opportunities, and to strike later. This is a good strategy for our Great Wei to subdue other soldiers without fighting! Dai Ling fought bravely, lost troops and lost generals, and made a lot of mistakes. Military law is engaged!"
Sima Yi's words were stern, and the generals could only nod their heads in agreement after hearing this, trembling and not daring to say more.Sima Yi also seemed a little tired, he slowly sat back on the tiger leather chair, and signaled for the generals to step down.
At this moment, a spy rushed into the camp out of breath and reported: "Zhuge Liang led 60,000 horses and went straight to Shangguiyuan an hour ago!"
This news was like a thunderbolt on the ground, shaking Sima Yi's body!It seems that Zhuge Liang really did as he expected, after all, he still resorted to these two tricks to divert the tiger away from the mountain and escape the golden cicada from its shell!He really went to Shangguyuan, which is known as "the first granary in Guanzhong"!Sima Yi held his breath and concentrated, thinking extremely nervously and quickly.Just as he was about to speak, another soldier broke into the camp and reported, "I tell the general, Your Majesty ordered Duzhi Shangshu Sima Fu to dispatch 15,000 Chang'an guards, led by General Niu Jin, the prefect of Chang'an, to advance quickly. Come to support, we have already reached the 'Lion's Mouth' five hundred miles away!"
The latter news immediately aroused a fierce fighting spirit in the hearts of the generals in the tent.When General Guo Huai heard this, he rushed out and said anxiously: "General, since the reinforcements have arrived, please issue an order to take advantage of Zhuge Liang's main force to go out, and launch a sniper attack on the Shu army staying at the foot of Qishan with all the elite of our army! This battle is finally over. The general is confident that he will surely win!" Before he finished speaking, the generals beside him also agreed one after another, and there was another call for battle in the tent.
Sima Yi's face was serious, he stroked his long beard with his hand, thought for a long time quietly, and then waved his hand violently, saying: "Stop making trouble, Master Sima obeys orders!"
The field fell silent.Sima Shi took a step forward under the surprised and uncertain gazes of the generals, and stood in a row to listen quietly.Sima Yi took out a kit from the writing box on the desk and handed it to him, saying: "Go to the 'Shizikou' to meet Niu Jin, hand over the kit to him personally, and let him follow the plan in the bag." , implement it immediately, without any mistakes!"
"Yes!" Sima Shi listened to the order, took the bag and left.
Sima Yi looked sternly, looked around at the generals under the tent, and then said in a deep voice: "Send me two military orders, one is to send 800 li to ride quickly... no, I will use my commander's thousand-mile horse Baoju sent the news of the sneak attack by the Shu bandits to Deng Ai and Wei Ping as soon as possible, so that they could prepare for the enemy in time!
"The second is to pull out the stronghold immediately. After the whole army has eaten their dinner, they bring their own dry food for two days and rush to Shangguiyuan for rescue!"
The night in Shangyuyuan is neither quiet nor cool, and the sound of frogs in the rice fields adds to the confusion.Although it was still raining here more than half a month ago, after all, it was the season of June and July, and the violent heat of summer came like boiling water.If the Guanzhong garrison hadn't adapted to this climate of alternating cold and summer with ups and downs due to living here for many years, I am afraid that many soldiers could not bear the ghost weather and fell ill.
At this moment, in the wheat fields on the hillsides around Shangyuyuan, one could vaguely see Chuochuo figures swaying in the moonlight.Looking closer, it is clear that a group of Wei soldiers are bending over and burying their heads in the field, cutting the ears of wheat neatly and quickly, and the sound of "rustling" can be heard endlessly.
On the edge of the ridge, a young general in silver armor and plain armor was directing the soldiers to cut, harvest, and transport wheat in an orderly manner. His expression seemed a little impatient, and he urged the soldiers from time to time.
When he was busy, he didn't notice that a middle-aged general in a red robe came up from the foot of the hill, followed by two soldiers.Gradually approaching, the red-robed general greeted: "Brother Deng, what are you still busy! Take a break!"
The young general with the silver helmet was Lang Ai, the secretary of Sima Yi, the commander of the Wei army, and Deng Ai, the deputy who stayed behind at Shangyu.Needless to say, the red-robed general was Wei Ping, the guard of Shanggui.Hearing Wei Ping's words, Deng Ai quickly turned around, came up to meet him, and said slowly: "Wei... General Wei, Xiao... The fortifications on Xiaolong Mountain... are poor... ...almost?"
Deng Ai has always stuttered, but since he became the secretary of Guanzhong Dashuai, he began to consciously pay attention to correcting his stuttering disadvantage at any time.So when he speaks now, he would rather speak slowly and try to stop stuttering.But this is a congenital disease, so his stuttering cannot be completely eradicated, but now he no longer has as many "stutters" as before.
After hearing what he said, Wei Ping nodded, wiped the sweat from his face, and said: "Wei sent most of the brothers on Xiaolong Mountain down to carry rocks and mud, and the rest of them built fortifications on the mountain. They are still busy now! Moreover, Wei asked his brothers to take all the rolling stones and giant logs that can be moved and lifted down the mountain to the camp on the mountain and store them! If the Shu bandits really dare to come If it's a sneak attack, it's harder to guarantee them to take Xiaolong Mountain from me than to climb to the sky!"
Deng Ai listened carefully to every word he said, looked across the hillside at the precipitous throat of Shangguyuan——Xiaolong Mountain, nodded his head in deep thought, and said slowly: "General Wei is taking this ...The fortifications of this camp are so... so solid, I also believe that Xiaolong Mountain must... be impenetrable and indestructible at this time! My... my brother is rushing to drive these brothers to ... cut down more as soon as possible A lot of wheat... transported to Xiaolongshan camp to accumulate... store it up!"
Wei Ping looked at the soldiers who were cutting wheat on the slope with their heads buried, stretched out his hand and pulled Deng Ai's sleeve corner, winked, and said in a low voice: "Brother Deng, to be honest, do you think we brothers Are you taking it too seriously? You see, since General Sima led a large team to leave Shangbi to rescue Qishan more than half a month ago, we have been busy harvesting wheat and building fortifications in Xiaolongshan. Every day, I have to work until late at night before going to rest-the Shu bandits are still far away in Qishan, and they won't grow wings and fly over to attack us! Maybe we will have worked so hard for nothing, Make people laugh!" After hearing this, Deng Ai stretched out his hand and said in a low voice, "Wei...Brother Wei, let us take a...take a step to talk!" After speaking, he led Wei Ping to a quiet place on the slope where to go.
After staying far away from the range of the soldiers' eyes and ears, Deng Ai said to Wei Ping: "Brother Wei, don't hesitate. This... this Shangbei... is the 'Gate of Guanzhong' and the 'granary' of our army. It is a battleground for military strategists. Moreover, the Shu...Shu bandits have now used the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain...to take away...the main force of the Guanzhong army commanded by General Sima...will definitely take the opportunity to steal...a sneak attack. Therefore , we can only seize the time to accumulate more food and grass, build camps, prepare equipment, and do our best to prepare for the full-scale battle as soon as possible, so that we can be invincible. Otherwise, the Shu bandits will suddenly attack , everyone will regret it by then!"
Hearing these words, Wei Ping nodded silently, and said: "Before General Sima left, he repeatedly stated that he should listen to Brother Deng's opinion on everything, and Wei will definitely follow through. I think there will be no mistakes." Deng Ai Hearing this, he was very moved, bowed his head and saluted and said: "It's hard...it's rare that Brother Wei trusts Deng so much, Deng is very grateful!"
Wei Ping smiled shyly, waved his hands, and said, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be! Brother Deng killed Wei!" The two gave way, and Fang stood up again. There is a lot of emotion in my heart.After a long while, Wei Ping said: "Brother Deng, Wei is a brave man who only knows how to treat people sincerely and do things with sincerity, but he can't distinguish the general situation, but I have a question for you! Everyone said that General Sima Since I took charge of Guanzhong, I have been extremely cowardly and fearful of Shu like a tiger, but Wei always believes that there must be something clever in his old man's way of doing this—it's just that Wei is stupid, so I ask brother Deng to give me some pointers!"
Deng Ai never expected Wei Ping to be so sincere and honest, so he glanced at him in surprise, and couldn't help admiring General Sima's skillful use of people: General Sima knew that he had always been arrogant and conceited It is not easy to work with others, so I specially found a simple and honest Wei Ping to cooperate with me.Thinking of this, he couldn't help being deeply moved by General Sima's hard work.After pondering for a while, he spoke slowly in Wei Ping's eyes that were almost asking for advice: "Brother Wei really thinks that General Sima can't hold on, is it... timid? The ancients said, 'If you don't fly for three years, you will fly to the sky once; After three years of silence, he became a blockbuster.'According to... In my opinion, General Sima is also good if he doesn't fight.
"Fan Li, a famous general of the State of Yue in the Spring and Autumn Period, said well, 'Those who were good at using soldiers in ancient times, because of the permanence of the heaven and the earth, went with it. Later, they used yin, first...first, they used yang; if they were close, they used softness, and if they were far away, they used rigidity. ...He...He comes from me, stick to it and don't give it to me; use up its yang festival, fill my yin festival and seize it.' Tai... It is also said in "Taigong Art of War", "A good fighter will stay indomitable and win when he sees victory Then start, win and stop." General Sima's strategy for dealing with the Shu bandits is also "not...do not fight but subdue the enemy's soldiers." See...it seems that there is no outstanding effect of annihilation at the beginning, and the enemy will eventually be defeated in the palm of the hand. Above. It...it is amazingly adaptable, dying like a god, although Sun Wu and Wu Qi are not as good as it, even Han Xin and Bai Qi are not its enemies!"
When Wei Ping heard Deng Ai quote the scriptures and said so miraculously, he was really a little horrified and moved, and hurriedly listened carefully.I saw Deng Ai pause for a moment, and then said: "As far as I know, there are a total of 1...1.1 million peasants in the puppet Shu, including 250,000 women, and 3... ... 300,000 people, 2... 200,000 people who are over 50 years old, and 35... 50,000 people who are between 15 and 50 years old are engaged in farming. But There are 60,000 officials in the Puppet Shu Kingdom, 100,000 lieutenants, and 300,000 sergeants. To feed 460,000 officials and soldiers with... 350,000 farmers' crops is really... really true' Those who live are few, and those who eat are many', if things go on like this, how can it last forever? Therefore, I conclude that Zhuge Liang's large-scale army, and the invasion of our Great Wei, is completely exhausting the teachers and the people. After all, it is not a long-term solution. Will ... In the future, once the puppet Shu's army is hungry and the people are exhausted, people's hearts will be scattered. Sima Da... the general will take advantage of the vacancy and attack, and he will surely win!"
Wei Ping didn't expect Deng Ai to see the general situation of Wei and Shu so thoroughly with a mere bureaucrat. He couldn't help but deeply admired, and said, "Brother Deng really knows a lot! Your words are meticulous and solid, and the water is tight. Wei Humbled!"
While the two were talking, a man and a horse galloped up the hillside like lightning.They followed the reputation, but saw a soldier on the horse flying off the horse, panting heavily, running in front of them, sweating profusely, and hurriedly said: "General Wei, General Deng, General Sima!" Giving his thousand-mile steed to his subordinates to gallop forward to report the news——Zhuge Liang raised 60,000 troops to attack Shangyu, and the vanguard may arrive at noon tomorrow! General Sima asked the two generals to Hold Shangbi with all your strength, and at the same time, he has personally led the army to gallop thousands of miles back to help Shangyu, please feel free to fight, the two generals!"
"Oh! The Shu bandits are really here?" Wei Ping was shocked, and turned to look at Deng Ai, "Brother Deng is really good at predicting things!" Deng Ai looked up to the sky and laughed, and then his face straightened again, saying: "We have already Be prepared, no... not afraid that he will come from thousands of miles away to sneak attack!" Then, he turned his head and told the soldier: "I will give you three orders: first, all the elite soldiers will return to the Xiaolongshan camp, and rest and adjust in batches , always ready to fight.
"The second is to immediately send 500 soldiers to the ridges around Shanggui to plant more military flags to strengthen their prestige and confuse the Shu bandits.
"The third is to let the farmers hurry up to cut, harvest, and transport the wheat!"
Wei Ping looked at Deng Ai as if he was looking at another person, and found that he had the air of a general at the moment, his gestures were awe-inspiring, and he didn't stutter at all.I saw Deng Ai turned his head, looked at the green wheat fields all over the mountains and plains, and squeezed out a sentence coldly between his teeth: "It seems that there is a lot of ripe wheat that is too late to harvest and transport away! The five hundred soldiers who went to the various ridges to plant the military flags set fire to all the cooked wheat on the slopes that were too late to be harvested and transported away when the military flags were planted!"
"Shaomai?" Wei Ping was taken aback, "Then... the wheat in those fields was planted by the brothers hard work!"
"How can a woman's benevolence achieve great things?" Deng Ai's face was extremely dignified, and he stretched out his hand and slammed it in mid-air, "The cooked wheat we can't harvest will never fall into the hands of the Shu bandits! Burn! How much can be burnt? How much! This time must not be cheap for them!"