Why isn't Zhuge Liang in the camp?

It turns out that Zhuge Liang finally decided to attack Hao Zhao not long ago.

In order to lure Hao Zhao out of Chencang City, Zhuge Liang deliberately asked Yang Yi to spread the news that Cao Zhen was besieged by Mi Yang and his army in Wuzhangyuan.

In order to successfully lure Hao Zhao out, Zhuge Liang also asked Yang Yi to order people to write multiple copies of the false news and tie them to arrowheads, and then ordered the strongmen in the army to shoot them into Chencang City.

Under Zhuge Liang's actions, it didn't take long for almost all the Wei generals in Chencang City to know that Cao Zhen was "in a deadlock".

When the news spread in Chencang City, it immediately dealt a severe blow to Chencang City's military morale.

Although since the defeat of Liangzhou, Cao Zhen's prestige in Guanzhong has not been as strong as before.

But after all, Cao Zhen is still the chief governor of Cao Wei in Guanzhong, and no Wei general can just sit idly by and ignore his safety.

Once something happens to him, it basically means that all the Wei armies in Guanzhong will fall into a leaderless situation.

This situation is something that no Wei general would like to see.

The same is naturally true for Hao Zhao.

In particular, Cao Zhen was kind to Hao Zhao. From a personal perspective, it was even more impossible for Hao Zhao to sit back and watch Cao Zhen fall into danger.

However, Hao Zhao still had doubts about whether to send troops.

After all, Hao Zhao was a general who knew his troops well. With his strategy, he would certainly doubt whether this was Zhuge Liang's plan to lure the enemy.

After all, because several previous breakthroughs failed, Hao Zhao's contact with the outside world was basically cut off.

In other words, Cao Zhen was besieged by the Han army in Wuzhangyuan, and the news was only unilaterally spread by the Han army.

We have not received any substantive intelligence to support this.

In this case, it is normal for Hao Zhao to be suspicious.

But just when Hao Zhao was hesitant, the words of Jia Si, the deputy general, made Hao Zhao give up his last worries.

"Given the current situation, it doesn't matter whether the news is true or not. What matters is whether our military will take action because of the news.

General, don’t forget that the enemy only has a few thousand troops!”

Although Jia Si's words sounded a bit convoluted, Hao Zhao understood the deep meaning of his words.

Cao Zhen was the governor-general of Guanzhong who was personally appointed by Cao Pi to conquer on his behalf. In terms of status, Cao Zhen could be regarded as Cao Pi in Guanzhong.

In other words, the action of rescuing Cao Zhen can essentially be regarded as the action of "King Qin".

And once the rescue operation reaches this level, can Hao Zhao not save him?

Even if this news is false, Hao Zhao was lured out of Chencang City by the Han army because of this, and no one will say that Hao Zhao did something wrong afterwards.

But if this news is true, and Hao Zhao still stands still and watches Cao Zhen being killed by the Han army, then even if Hao Zhao finally defends Chencang City, he will be punished with death.

There was another very important reason why Hao Zhao had to rescue him, and that was that Jia Si said that the Han army outside Chencang City only had a few thousand troops, but Hao Zhao had tens of thousands of elite troops in his hands.

If the main force of the Han army was besieging Chencang City, Hao Zhao could make an excuse afterwards, saying that the Han army was too powerful and he could not break out.

But based on the actual comparison of military strength inside and outside Chencang City, the Wei army is clearly the dominant side.

So if Hao Zhao had not taken any breakout action for a long time, he would definitely be suspected later.

Of course, after Hao Zhao learned that the main force of the Han army had left, he did take the action of leading his army to attack the main force of the Han army.

But there is no doubt that every time he was beaten back to the city by Zhuge Liang, and many soldiers and horses were lost as a result.

This is something that all the Wei generals in Chencang know, but will anyone believe it if they tell it like this?

Breaking through with more than twice the number of troops, you can still be beaten back into the city.

If Mi Yang was commanding the army, it would be possible to understand it, but now the one commanding the army is Zhuge Liang, who is "good at internal affairs"!

Although Zhuge Liang had previously achieved a great victory in suppressing the rebellion in Nanzhong, due to the distance problem, many people in the world did not know the inside story of that great victory.

Therefore, most people's impression of Zhuge Liang is still in the state of "particularly good at domestic affairs, slightly good at quelling chaos".

Under this impression, who would believe the fact that the Wei army in Chencang has been ravaged by Zhuge Liang for a period of time?

Compared with this "unrealistic" possibility, I am afraid that the world believes that Hao Zhao is relying on his own troops and waiting to see success or failure.

This is exactly what Jia Si wants to remind Hao Zhao.

Under Jia Si's reminder, Hao Zhao finally had no choice but to ignore his doubts and decided to lead his army out of the city to Wuzhangyuan to rescue Cao Zhen.

And since the final plan was to rescue Cao Zhen, Hao Zhao's marching speed would naturally not be delayed.

But this just fell into Zhuge Liang's ambush plan.

In a valley between Chencang City and Wuzhangyuan, tens of thousands of Wei troops entered and were ambushed by thousands of Han troops.

Thousands of Han troops, waiting for work, first pushed down boulders from the mountains on both sides to block the entrance and exit of the valley, and successfully blocked tens of thousands of Wei troops in the valley.

Then the condescending Han army began to fire arrows again, causing a lot of damage to the Wei army who was caught off guard and in a scattered formation.

After completing these two steps, Zhuge Liang felt that the time was ripe and sent envoys down to the valley in an attempt to persuade Hao Zhao to surrender.

Nearly ten thousand Wei troops were trapped in the narrow valley, essentially a turtle in a urn.

It would be quite easy for Zhuge Liang to annihilate them all here - just release the fire arrows.

However, Zhuge Liang felt that the situation had developed to this point and there was no need to kill nearly 10,000 Wei troops.

It would be best to persuade him to surrender.

Moreover, if Hao Zhao can be persuaded to surrender, it will also help the Han army to capture Chencang in the future - Hao Zhao still left some Wei troops to defend the city.

In order to successfully persuade him to surrender at once, Zhuge Liang specially sent Jin Xiang, a fellow countryman of Hao Zhao.

But before Jin Xiang could say anything to persuade him to surrender after seeing Hao Zhao, Hao Zhao, who knew Jin Xiang's intention, said to Jin in a stiff tone:

"The science of the Wei family is practiced by you; my character is known to you. I have received many favors from the country and have an important family. I have nothing to say to you, but I will definitely die.

If you thank Zhuge, you can kill him."

When Jin Xiang returned to the mountain and told Hao Zhao truthfully, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but look at Hao Zhaogao.

Even the Han general next to Zhuge Liang couldn't help but sneer after hearing Hao Zhao's words.

Death is imminent, so why are you so stubborn?

Seeing that their attempts to persuade him to surrender were ineffective, all the Han generals urged Zhuge Liang to launch another attack, fulfilling Hao Zhao's wish.

However, Zhuge Liang did not agree to the invitation of a group of Han generals to fight.

Zhuge Liang has seen many tough-talking people in his life, but Zhuge Liang knew that the Wei army was currently trapped in the valley with no food and grass.

Without food supplies, even if Hao Zhao didn't change his mind within three days, his subordinates might be tempted to tie him up and ask for surrender.

Zhuge Liang is currently in good health and does not lack the patience to wait for a few days.

The reason why the messenger did not see Zhuge Liang when he came to the Han army camp was because Zhuge Liang was cautious by nature.

Even though it was difficult for the nearly 10,000 Wei troops to cause any trouble at the moment, Zhuge Liang still chose to wait for the situation to change in person in the valley.

And Yang Yi was the one left by Zhuge Liang to guard the camp for the Han army.

Yang Yi naturally knew where Zhuge Liang was.

After calling two horses in a hurry, Yang Yi took the messenger and rode the horses quickly toward the valley.

The entire valley has long been surrounded by Han troops. Of course, with Yang Yi's status, he will not be blocked.

After leading the messenger through several guard posts, Yang Yi and the messenger quickly arrived at the foot of the mountain.

Looking at the narrow mountain road in front of him, Yang Yi eagerly pulled the messenger off his horse and ran towards the mountain.

Zhuge Liang, who had been on the mountain for the past few days, also learned about Yang Yi's arrival from the sentry post in advance.

Zhuge Liang couldn't help but frown when he heard that Yang Yi left the camp without permission.

Could it be that something big happened?

Zhuge Liang, confused in his heart, hurriedly got up from his seat and walked towards the mountain road.

One way, one way down, and the speed of both parties was not slow, so Zhuge Liang and Yang Yi soon met halfway up the mountain.

After meeting with Zhuge Liang, Yang Yi, who was tired and out of breath, directly pulled the messenger behind him in front of him, then pointed at the messenger and said to Zhuge Liang:

"Prime Minister, Prime Minister.

Great victory in Chang’an!”

After hearing Yang Yi's words, the doubt in Zhuge Liang's eyes was instantly covered up by the look of shock.

How could Zhuge Liang not know what the words "Chang'an Victory" mean?

Just when Zhuge Liang was shocked, the messenger saw that Zhuge Liang was in front of him. He finally consciously took out the battle report from the envelope on his waist and handed it to Zhuge Liang.

The messenger's initiative made Yang Yi, who was standing aside, puffing his beard and staring.

But after blowing and glaring, Yang Yi couldn't help but move closer to Zhuge Liang.

Now that he is old, why did he work so hard just now?

Don’t you just want to see the contents of the battle report as soon as possible?
To be continued...