Facts have proved that Zhuge Liang's worries were not wrong. On the third day after Zhang Fei left Baima, a large army appeared in Baima City. Zhuge Liang, who was on the top of the city, narrowed his eyes when he saw this army.
But there was no worry. Zhang Bao, who was standing on the top of the city with Zhuge Liang, changed his expression and said to Zhuge Liang beside him: "Strategy! This, this seems to be wrong! There seems to be more than one enemy army outside the city.
One hundred thousand!"
As the eldest son of Zhang Fei, Zhang Bao has followed Zhang Fei in the north and south since he was a child. He is also an expert in marching and fighting. His rough estimate was not wrong. The Western Qin army appearing outside Baima City at this moment is at least fifteen.
Thousands of troops! It was already five times as many as the defenders of Baima City! However, compared to Zhang Bao's panic, Zhuge Liang always maintained a calm expression at this moment, as if everything was within his expectation.
Zhuge Liang gently shook the feather fan in his hand and said with a smile: "I have expected this! The 200,000 troops brought by Luo Yang from the pass were divided into 100,000 to aid Chen Liu and 100,000 to attack Dongjun. As for that
The additional 50,000 troops should be the Western Qin army that just captured Bingzhou!"
"Bingzhou?" After Zhuge Liang said this, Zhang Bao immediately remembered that the Western Qin army was divided into three groups, namely Jizhou, Bingzhou and Yanzhou. Jizhou had already led the Qingzhou army to assist, and Yanzhou was led by Zhang Fei and
Zhuge Liang came to rescue, but Bingzhou had already been captured by the Western Qin army because it was too far away! Naturally, the Western Qin army that captured Bingzhou could not stand still. From this point of view, the extra 50,000 soldiers and horses outside the city should
Just as Zhuge Liang said, it was the Western Qin army that had just captured Bingzhou!
Although he understood the reason, the worry in Zhang Bao's heart has not diminished at all. This is a total of 150,000 Western Qin troops! The Western Qin army has strong combat effectiveness, which has been achieved in the past few decades.
It is fully confirmed that there are five times as many Western Qin troops as our own outside the city. How can we win this battle?
Seeing Zhang Bao's appearance, Zhuge Liang smiled slightly, raised the feather fan in his hand slightly, and said to the soldiers behind him: "Send the order, open the city gate! Attack!"
"Ah?" After hearing Zhuge Liang's order, Zhang Bao was immediately startled. He almost fell off the top of the city. His eyes widened and he looked at Zhuge Liang in disbelief. He didn't believe it at all. He had always been
How could the wise Zhuge Liang issue such a stupid order? He was already greatly inferior to the opponent in terms of numbers, and even relying on the protection of the city wall was insufficient. How could he go out of the city to fight? Why didn't he die? Zhang Bao immediately advised him
Said: "Military advisor! Don't go out of the city to fight!"
Before Zhang Bao finished speaking, Zhuge Liang shook his head, stopped Zhang Bao, and said lightly: "Don't worry, young general, I have my own opinion! Please just watch here, young general!" Don't look at Zhuge Liang.
The tone of his words was indifferent, but from his words, Zhang Bao could hear an undoubted flavor. Although Zhang Bao was the eldest son of Zhang Fei, he did not dare to disobey Zhuge Liang and could only step aside.
After persuading Zhang Bao to retreat, Zhuge Liang raised his feather fan again, and the soldiers behind him immediately went to convey Zhuge Liang's military orders. Soon, the city gate at his feet was slowly opened, revealing a Chu army of more than 10,000 people.
Directly out of the city, Zhang Bao looked carefully. The leader was none other than Zhuge Liang's eldest son, Zhuge Zhan, who was just sixteen years old this year! Although Zhuge Zhan was Zhuge Liang's son, he was very different from Zhuge Liang.
He was fond of martial arts at a young age and joined the military camp early. Moreover, Zhang Bao also knew that Zhuge Zhan's martial arts were also very good, at least as good as Guan Yu's eldest son Guan Ping!
Compared to Zhang Fei's recklessness, Zhang Bao seemed more mature. Seeing that Zhuge Liang actually sent his son out, Zhang Bao felt a lot more relieved. If Zhuge Liang had not made any arrangements, he would not have sent his son out.
Send them out to die! Now Zhang Bao was just curious about what gave Zhuge Liang so much confidence that he could repel the 150,000 Western Qin army outside the city!
The question in Zhang Bao's mind also happened to appear in the minds of the generals of the Western Qin Army outside Baima City at this moment. As Zhuge Liang expected, among the Western Qin Army outside the city were Liu Pi and Huang Xu, who had just arrived from Bingzhou.
The four generals Zhou Cang and Jiang Wei, and in addition to them, there are also generals Dian Wei and others who arrived from Chang'an, as well as counselors Pang Tong and Lu Xun!
Seeing that Baima City in the distance actually opened its gates and sent out an army of nearly ten thousand people to guard the city gate, everyone was puzzled. At first glance, the ten thousand soldiers looked very majestic and imposing, but
Compared with the 150,000-strong army of the Western Qin Army, it seems too shabby! The defenders of Baima City would not think of relying on these more than 10,000 people to fight head-on outside the city and defeat 150,000 Western Qin soldiers.
Was the Qin army defeated?
"Brother Shiyuan! According to the intelligence, the man who stayed behind in Baima City is none other than Liu Bei's military adviser Zhuge Liang! I remember this person is your classmate, right?" Lu Xun was filled with doubts. He suddenly remembered something and turned to Pang Tong beside him.
Asked: "Then you can probably guess what this person wants to do?"
After hearing Lu Xun's question, all the surrounding generals looked over with doubts, obviously eager to get the answer. Looking at everyone's gazes, Pang Tong also smiled bitterly and said, "Bo Yan! If you are the one asking this question,
It's Xu Yuanzhi who stayed with Cao Cao. Maybe I can guess a thing or two! But what you want to ask is Zhuge Kongming, but I can't answer! This guy has always been mysterious since he was a student.
Yes, I can't guess what he is thinking at all! But one thing is certain, Zhuge Kongming has always been cautious and rarely takes risks! He is doing this now because he is confident that he can rely on these people to stop us.
Army!"
"Hmph!" Pang Tong said these words, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of several Western Qin generals. Among them, Zhou Cang was the most impatient. He snorted coldly and shouted: "Pang Pang! You are right to say that.
It’s a bit too exaggerated! Our army of 150,000 people is not made of mud! Why did Zhuge Liang use these 10,000 men to repel our 150,000 people? Is it possible that he also knows magic?"
When he mentioned the word "magic", Zhou Cang deliberately emphasized his tone, and glanced at Liu Pi. Both Zhou Cang and Liu Pi were former Yellow Turban thieves, so Zhang Jiao's magic to fool people was nothing.
I couldn't understand it anymore, so Zhou Cang's words were completely mocking Zhuge Liang. However, Liu Pi was calm and glared at Zhou Cang, and then made an apologetic expression towards Pang Tong.
Of course, Pang Tong would not hate Zhou Cang for this, but he scratched his cheek in embarrassment. Lu Xun, who was beside him, quickly spoke to Pang Tong to help him: "After all, Zhuge Liang is Liu Bei's number one think tank, so he won't be aimless after thinking about it! Anyway, what happens next?
We’d better be careful!”
Lu Xun's words were approved by the generals. Liu Pi, who was the most senior in the army, said in a deep voice: "What Mr. Lu said makes sense! You all should be careful, it is right after all! General Dian! You take 30,000 yuan."
Come forward and test it out!"
Liu Pi's decision was indeed a sound one, because among the generals, Dian Wei was the most skilled in martial arts! He sent him out into battle with three times the number of troops as the enemy. Even if there was any accident, I believe that Dian Wei's
Even with his physical strength, he can come back with his whole body!
Dian Wei still had the same boring personality as before. After hearing Liu Pi's order, Dian Wei nodded vigorously, holding a pair of iron halberds, and with a wave of his arms, he led 30,000 soldiers and horses directly towards Baima City.
Attack. The generals are also staring at the Baima City in front, wanting to see what Zhuge Liang is playing!
On the top of Baima City, he saw a group of troops from the Western Qin Army rushing towards this direction. Even if Zhang Bao had known that Zhuge Liang had arrangements, he couldn't help but panic and hurriedly stepped forward.
, said to Zhuge Liang: "Military advisor! The enemy has taken action!"
In response to Zhang Bao's reminder, Zhuge Liang just smiled faintly, calmly raised the feather fan in his hand, and waved it lightly in front. At the city gate, Zhuge Zhan, the general responsible for commanding the 10,000 Chu troops, had always been
Looking straight ahead, behind him, a soldier saw the movement on the city top and hurriedly said to Zhuge Zhan: "General! There is a signal on the city top!"
When Zhuge Zhan heard this, he immediately turned his head and looked at his father on the top of the city. Feeling the encouragement in his father's eyes, Zhuge Zhan also felt certain in his heart. He turned back and shouted in a deep voice: "Change the formation!
Meet the enemy!"
With Zhuge Zhan's shout, the Chu army that had been waiting at the city gate immediately began to take action. The originally densely arranged phalanx suddenly spread out and turned into a seemingly loose phalanx!
But I don’t know why, as soon as this seemingly loose formation was lined up, I suddenly felt a murderous aura emanating from the formation. Although it was still the same 10,000 troops, the murderous aura emitted could not be exaggerated even if it was ten times.
!
"What's going on?" As soon as this murderous intention formed, Dian Wei, who had just led the troops to fight, subconsciously reined in his mount and stopped the troops behind him. Dian Wei had been in the army for decades, and he still never
He had never seen such a strange thing before, and he was full of doubts in his heart. He, who has always been bold, had hesitation for the first time!
Also suppressed by this murderous aura were the Western Qin generals behind them. This sudden change also surprised them. Pang Tong among the crowd suddenly seemed to have remembered something, and his face changed drastically.
, and immediately shouted loudly: "No! Quick! Quick! Recall General Dian quickly! Don't do it forcefully!"
"Huh?" Among the counselors of the Western Qin Dynasty, Pang Tong has always been known for his calmness, otherwise he would not have been appointed as the commander of the Jinyiwei by Luo Yang. But now that Pang Tong is so out of control, everyone is a little surprised. Unfortunately, Pang Tong
But he said this too late. He only heard shouts from the front, and Dian Wei led his troops directly into the Chu army's formation!