Guo Huai's army arrived at Gaochengling three days ago. According to the strategy decided upon with Chen Tai yesterday, today, November 24, the army will set off from Gaochengling!
On the spacious valley road in the northwest, Guo Huai believed that there must be an ambush by the rebels, so the army did not take the main road; instead, they took the secret path in the mountainous area to the south.
This path is rarely known, and some people in Longxi County have never walked it. Moreover, as long as the marching speed is fast enough, after a short forced march, Jiang Weijun can suddenly appear on the rear flank! If this strategy is to achieve a surprise effect, and
Not too difficult.
Guo Huai sets out on the 24th and will be able to get out of the ravine before tomorrow morning.
The difficulty is that the road is difficult to walk, and the army can easily get lost, especially when traveling day and night. Therefore, Guo Huai's decision is basically counter-intuitive.
Various ministries have entered the mountain road, and a large number of people and horses are marching through the winding ravines, and occasionally climbing over high hillsides at appropriate places.
The terrain is very complex, and Guo Huai was able to find this road because he had indeed taken great care when planning the western front. He himself lived in the front army and knew the road, and he did not even need to rely on a guide.
The surroundings are not wide-open. Almost all sides are surrounded by undulating mountains, dry loess, and withered grass. Apart from the army, not a single person can be seen.
When everyone climbed over the hillside, they could reach higher ground. At this time, they could find that the countless undulating mountains around them were like waves in a hurricane. No matter how much noise people made in the ravine, they could not be heard.
go out.
In the evening, each battalion only rested for an hour or two before setting off one after another and intensifying their march. Guo Huai ordered the front army to reach the southeastern mountains of Didao before dawn tomorrow.
The soldiers were very tired, but they could endure it. After all, the distance of the urgent march was limited, and they could reach the place very quickly. As long as there was hope and hope, the soldiers' endurance would be doubled. Guo Huai also knew that this was the case.
reason.
The east side has turned pale, and it will probably be dawn soon. The distance between the former army and the destination will not be too far.
The first light snowfall in Longxi County has stopped at some point, and only sparse snow can be seen on the ground. The mountains are very quiet, but the valley is very noisy. There are so many people holding torches and horses trekking,
All kinds of sounds filled the ravine.
Suddenly someone came to Guo Huai and said, "Captain, something seems wrong here!"
Guo Huai frowned and said, "What's wrong?"
The visitor said: "I seem to have heard something."
Guo Huai ran to the roadside, reined in his horse and looked around. He stopped and listened, but he heard nothing except the noises made by his own people around him.
Suddenly, a faint drum sound of "dong dong dong dong..." came from behind the northern hillside.
Guo Huai was not the only one surprised. Someone immediately shouted: "There is an ambush!"
Guo Huai was stunned for a moment, thinking: Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Guo Huai is very confident in this strategy! With his many years of experience in leading troops, it is almost impossible for any problems to occur midway this time.
Firstly, ordinary people don't know that there is a road leading to the Taoshui Valley in the rolling mountains in the south. Secondly, even if others knew it, they would not expect that the Wei army would dare to take this road. This road is not suitable for the army to march, it is too
Taking risks; not to mention that Guo Huai specially sent suspicious soldiers to the valley in the northwest where they were most likely to go, which played a role in confusing the enemy.
The most important thing is that Guo Huai set out yesterday and expected to arrive this morning! In such a short period of time, even if Jiang Wei was lucky enough to use scouts and craftsmen to discover Wei Jun's movements, he would not have time to make arrangements.
Unless Jiang Wei could predict Guo Huai's intentions beforehand and use speculation in advance, wouldn't this be too amazing?
And what’s very strange is that the terrain of Nanshan is complicated. How did Jiang Wei know where Guo Huai went to get out of the mountain?
But no matter how confused Guo Huai was, seeing is believing, and he could only believe what he saw with his own eyes. There really was an ambush nearby! On the northern hillside, countless people with torches climbed over the ridge and walked along the gentle slope.
It rushed over. At first glance, it looked like a luminous flood spreading down the mountain.
There was a ravine not far away, and many people rushed out of the ravine. A large crowd rushed straight in, and a "rumbling" noise sounded in the mountains, like a flash flood!
Guo Huai turned around and shouted: "Every battalion is preparing for war on the spot!"
At this time, Guo Huai finally found something to be thankful for. His former soldiers marched in armor and formed temporary formations, and they could quickly form combat power.
Although Guo Huai did not think he would be attacked on the road, because he was approaching the destination, the soldiers in the front army wore armor. In addition, Guo Huai was among the front army, so the generals were probably more cautious.
When ordinary people are marching, if they think that there will be no battle, they will almost never wear armor, because the armor is indeed relatively heavy; if that is the case, Guo Huai will be in trouble, and he may not be able to withstand a well-prepared ambush.
After a while, the rebel army rushed to the front of the Wei army's formation, and both sides immediately fought. Amidst the flashing fire, the screams, the sound of metal collision, and the shouts of killing shook the heaven and earth.
At this moment, a group of enemy cavalry suddenly appeared from the west. They were very brave and directly penetrated a square formation on the flank of the Wei army. They roared towards Guo Huai.
A general from the Shu army in front galloped past in the light of several fires. Guo Huai saw clearly for a moment that that person was Xiahou Ba!
Xiahou Ba may have seen Guo Huai's feathered handsome flag, and came specifically for Guo Huai! Sure enough, he waved his horse flag and shouted: "Guo Huai, take your life!"
Guo Huai thought to himself: My dear, how much hatred do you and I have? No matter what, we have fought side by side as officials in the same court? Probably during the battle of King Qin, Xiahou Ba wanted to fight, but Guo Huai didn't let him do it.
OK! Maybe it’s more than that. When Xiahou Ba was leading troops in Longyou, Guo Huai arranged many of his own people among his subordinates, which made Xiahou Ba unable to accomplish anything. He was probably not very happy?
Guo Huai then scolded: "Xiahou Ba, a traitor who betrays the emperor and betrays his ancestors!"
The general next to him raised his spear and said: "The governor does not need to be as knowledgeable as a common man. You will retreat first, and I will fight him."
Guo Huai nodded and said: "The general is loyal and brave, very good."
That Xiahou Ba is indeed a common man, very brave! Of course Guo Huai is good at martial arts, but he does feel a bit disadvantaged against Xiahou Ba, not to mention that he is the commander-in-chief of the entire army and does not want to fight with him at all.
Guo Huai then asked his generals to take the cavalry to fight with Xiahou Ba, and he retreated eastward with his guards.
Unexpectedly, not far away, a Wei army in the north was routed again. A strange cry of "Wuluoluo..." came from the crowd. Guo Huai and others didn't know what it meant. Anyway, it was not Chinese.
dialect.
The loyal guards immediately rushed north from Guo Huai to resist the incoming enemy soldiers.
A moment later, a bunch of arrows suddenly flew over in mid-air. It was still dark, and when the shadow of the arrow appeared in the dark sky, no one could avoid it.
"Ouch!" Guo Huai inadvertently made a sound from his mouth. He felt a pain in his lower back. When he turned around, an arrow pierced the weak point of the armor on his back and penetrated into his body. But there was
The armor blocked it for a while, but the arrow didn't hit deeply and probably only hurt the flesh. There was also an arrow on the shoulder, but fortunately it didn't penetrate the armor at all.
The general beside him said: "The bandit army is well prepared and we can't stop it. The governor is injured, please go east first. Chen Shijun's men are behind."
Guo Huai looked back at the arrow on his waist again, and slashed it into two pieces with his sword. He looked up and looked around. There was chaos all around. The battle lines between the two sides were already intertwined, and melees started in many places.
Guo Huai was very irritated and cursed secretly: Jiang Wei, you are my bastard!
At this moment, several riders came over from the east valley with torches, and soon found Guo Huai who had retreated to the east side of the battlefield.
One of the cavalrymen, whose armor was damaged and whose face was wounded, dismounted and said: "I was ordered by the Grand Administrator of Nan'an County to break out of Didao and come to report to Governor Guo that there is a man named Dai Zhong in the Guanzhong Army.
The general should be from Sima Division!"
When the knight said this, he couldn't help but turn his head and look at the scene to the west.
Guo Huai thought to himself: What's the point of reporting it now?
The visitor further explained: "We encountered a blockage in the valley east of Didao. Almost the entire team was killed, and Governor Wang's letter was also lost. I only escaped with my own life, and took a detour to get to Gaochengling with great difficulty, so we arrived a little late.
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Guo Huai took a deep breath, nodded and said, "I understand."