Mr. Pang Degong explained: "I specially made a prediction for him, but I didn't want to know whether it was a prediction or not, and everything came to nothing!"
"Now that the hexagrams are changing rapidly, we two really don't know what God's will is?" Sima Wei couldn't help but shook his head.
"Disciple, wait..." Xiang Lang wanted to ask whether this person was a wise master and worthy of seeking refuge. This is what Meng Gongwei and the others wanted to know. They studied under Sima Wei, but they did not learn the way of the hermit.
"Let's go back first and make more observations in the future. It's hard to rely on divination. If we can gather momentum, it's not too late to take action." Sima Wei quickly calmed down and said with a smile.
Pang Degong said: "But now we can form a good relationship. Looking at it, it should be a defeat on the front line. Does Yuan Zhi know what the situation is?"
Then, Xu Shu told everything he knew.
"In this case, Yuan Zhi, you can catch up and tell General Weilu that you can send troops to Anzhong and unite with the prefect Qin Jie to defeat Zhang Mancheng first. After that, Wancheng must have a plan, otherwise he would not divide his troops so casually. It's just that
Don't reveal the change of hexagram." Pang Degong smiled slightly, obviously he could guess the outline of Zhu Kui's formation at a glance.
"Disciple knows!" Xu Shu responded, followed Zhu Kui's path, and chased after him.
On the other side, Zhu Kui ran out of the woods in a few steps and returned to Liao Hua's place.
"Lord, how is everything?" Liao Hua asked with concern when he saw that Zhu Kui was not smiling like before.
"Nothing, has everyone rested?"
He exhaled and forgot about the hexagram just now. He was still the new Weilu general of the imperial court. He was a young general and was full of high spirits.
"Well, it's time to set off, my lord."
"Okay, let's go."
More than a dozen people turned over on their horses and were about to leave. Xu Shu's voice came from behind: "Huaiming, go slow... Huaiming, go slow..."
Seeing that it was Xu Shu, he naturally listened. He ordered everyone to dismount their horses again, went up to meet him, and said, "Yuan Zhi is chasing me. Do you have something important to do?"
After taking a few breaths, Xu Shu said: "Just after you left, I talked about your new defeat. Later, Duke De said, why don't you go to Anzhong first and ask Qin Jie to send troops together to defeat Zhang Mancheng first?
We can proceed with the plan of dividing our troops. We can only ride a horse to Wancheng in two days. What do you think of Huai Ming?"
When Zhu Kui thought about it, his best plan was to return to Luyang, replenish his army, and fight again the next day. Otherwise, if he garrisoned under Wancheng, he would eventually run out of food, so he couldn't do anything.
"The Duke of Virtue is so wise that his words awakened the dreamer. Yuan Zhi thanked the Duke for me."
"In this case, you and I will meet again later!"
“See you later!”
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Two days later, more than a dozen people from Zhu Kui arrived in Anzhong County as scheduled. The city gate was still closed. Apparently Zhang Mancheng had only been away for two days. Out of caution, the martial law was not lifted. Looking from a distance, farmers were standing on the city tower.
Stones are constantly being moved and the city walls are being repaired.
Riding his horse to the city, he immediately attracted the attention of the guards. However, he saw that the visitor was wearing an officer's armor, and his tone was polite: "Who are you waiting for?"
"This is General Weilu. He has important matters to visit Prefect Qin Jie. Please let me know." Liao Hua stepped forward and shouted.
When the guard heard that the young man in armor downstairs was a general, he didn't dare to neglect him. He said "wait a minute" and ran inside.
Qin Jie was born in the army, and he was always wearing armor. When he came to the city tower, he saw that there was a young general. He thought: "Previously, the imperial court appointed me as the governor of Nanyang. Then I learned about the great victory of Yingchuan. One of the young men stood out and became General Weilu.
, it seems that this is the person."
"This person is General Weilu. Do you have any credentials?"
"This is Zhu Kui, and the speaker is Qin Jie, the prefect. I have a seal to prove it." After saying this, he took out the general's seal that he carried with him and sent it up in a basket.
Like civil servants, starting from the Han Dynasty, generals were issued a seal. Those who appointed themselves had to create their own seals...
Qin Jie confirmed that it was correct, looked in the distance again, and saw that there were no more soldiers and horses, so he loudly ordered: "Open the city gate."
Go down to the tower and greet him personally.
The two of them trembled for a while, and Qin Jie said: "Earlier, Zhang Mancheng retreated, and a spy reported that it was the general who led the troops to capture Wancheng. I was overjoyed when I heard that, and was about to organize the troops to help the general. I don't want to have to do it again this morning.
"Bao, Zhang Mancheng defeated the general's vanguard, and now they are facing each other in the Yushui area. There is a general holding a three-pointed two-edged sword who kills many thieves in succession. Is that General Zhu?"
Lieutenant General Zhu Kui was a young man, so he was mistakenly identified.
"It seems that Zhang Mancheng was blocked by Acheng, so..." In fact, Zhu Kui had left the battle line for three days. He originally estimated that after his defeat, Wang Cheng would join forces with Gan Ning and the others, and Zhang Mancheng would definitely not enter the city.
, but sent soldiers into the city and agreed with Zhao Hong to attack from both sides.
Following Xu Shu's advice, he came to look for Qin Jie. He just wanted to invite reinforcements and rescue him quickly. Now it seems that he is not in a hurry.
"Prefect of Qin, that man is my general Wang Cheng. Kui is here this time and wants to ask the prefect to send troops to attack Zhang Mancheng outside the city with our army. To be honest, I have no internal support in Wancheng. Zhang Mancheng
Once it is defeated, Wancheng will definitely change hands." Zhu Kui stopped and explained his purpose.
"Well..." Qin Jie hesitated and said, "There are only more than 5,000 county soldiers left in the city. How many people does General Zhu want me to take?"
"Three people are enough!" Zhu Kui stretched out three fingers and said, "I will accompany the army to accompany the prefect, and let my bodyguard go back and inform."
Accompanying the army means that I will go with you. When I am in your army, I am not afraid of any conspiracy!
Qin Jie thought for a moment. After all, he was a military general, and he quickly decided: "When will General Zhu leave?"
"At the first watch, we set off overnight."
"Okay, come here, order some troops to be promoted to generals!"
Qin Jie was good at training his troops, and soon the troops and horses were assembled. Zhu Kui decided to ask Liao Hua to go back quickly to inform Wang Cheng. He led Qin Jie's 3,000 men to rush through the night, hoping to arrive before dawn the day after tomorrow.
A surprise attack at lightning speed.
After driving for more than a day and a half from Anzhong, we approached our destination at dusk, half a day faster than expected. Since everyone had been running all night without taking any rest, they were already exhausted. They planned to stay overnight until dawn the next day, and at the same time tried to find a way to communicate with Wang.
Cheng Daying.
The scouts scattered out and sent news at night. Zhang Mancheng's army was fifty miles ahead. The gate of the village faced north, and the center of gravity of the defense was also in the north. They never expected that Qin Jie would send troops to pursue him, so their defenses were very lax.
In the middle of the night, they finally received the secret message from Wang Cheng. Zhu Kui and Qin Jie were overjoyed and immediately asked the soldiers to have a good meal early and seize the time to rest and restore their physical strength.
At Mao hour, the sky was bright and clear, and trumpets soared into the sky. Fifty miles away, Wang Cheng's army was dispatched.
Zhang Mancheng, who had just woken up, was shocked when he heard the continuous drum beat. This was the drum beat for the decisive battle of the entire army. Could it be that the officers and soldiers were coming for reinforcements? He didn't need to think too much at the moment and quickly ordered all the troops to get their weapons and prepare for the battle.
As soon as they arrived at the gate of the village, they saw that Wang Cheng's vanguard troops had begun to attack the camp directly, and the soldiers from both sides were already fighting together.
However, the Yellow Turban Army still had the upper hand due to their large numbers. Only Wang Cheng and Guan Hai were unable to control them, and a large number of thieves kept rushing in to surround and kill them.
Seeing this situation, Zhang Mancheng felt relieved. It seemed that the officers and soldiers were crazy. They were so eager for a decisive battle that personal courage would eventually run out.
There was a fight ahead, shouts of killing, and black smoke rising into the sky. Zhu Kui and the others heard and saw it fifty miles away.
"Master Qin, we can go out!" Zhu Kui said with a smile.
"Yes." Qin Jie nodded: "Order the army to charge! Kill!"
It collapsed at the first touch, like a dagger thrust into the back.
Zhang Mancheng's men and horses looked at the tiger-like officers and soldiers falling from the sky and suddenly rushed out from the rear. For a moment, they couldn't tell how many there were. They just thought they had been tricked. They were frightened out of their wits and the formation was in chaos.
In a hurry, the soldiers in front of the stronghold rejected the horses one by one and took the opportunity to move them away. Wang Cheng's 800 cavalrymen immediately drove in. The small formation could not block the impact of the horses, and the thieves were hit by the horses and flew in all directions.
The spears in the hands of the knights killed wantonly, stabbing down and cutting down the enemies in front of them one by one, and easily smashed the small blocking formation into pieces.
Zhang Mancheng dared not fight Wang Cheng again and again, because he had no way to restrain the 800 cavalry, so he had to defend the stronghold. There were a large number of horse-repelling stakes, so Wang Cheng had no confidence to break the line. After receiving the news from Zhu Kui yesterday, Wang Cheng immediately stood up
He thought of a battle strategy. As long as Qin Jie's three thousand soldiers and horses could cause chaos in the enemy camp for a period of time and have a chance to break the opponent's horse defense line, eight hundred horses and infantry could definitely defeat Zhang Mancheng.