Two hundred and ten miles west of Shanggui City, there is Luomen, also known as Luomen. On both sides of the Wei River, there are mountains like gates, standing between the water. Although the mountains are not high, they are very steep. The mountains are full of rocks and trees, and the Wei River flows below the mountains.
It is winter, and the water level of the Wei River has dropped, revealing a river beach where pedestrians and troops can move. However, pebbles of various sizes make it inconvenient for war horses to walk.
Deep in the mountains and forests on the north side of the Wei River, there is a small village called Luomenju. It was originally home to dozens of families. They opened some wasteland in the valley, planted some crops, herded sheep, and then went into the mountains to hunt for wild animals.
Catching some fish, life is hard, but also comfortable. In this turbulent era, this place is almost a paradise.
However, now there is not a single commoner in Luomenju, only a mass of soldiers.
They were the Shu Han army that rushed here to ambush at starry night, and they were the main force that Ma Su had just withdrawn from Yuzhong.
Ma Su got the news about Zhang He before Zhuge Liang. He was far away in Yuzhong and knew that the direction where the Wei army's reinforcements might appear was either Longshan or Xiaoguan. Once the Wei army appeared here, he would be in great danger. Zhuge Liang, who was in Shanggui, wanted to withdraw to Qishan.
It's only a hundred miles, but he has eight or nine hundred miles. It's impossible without enough reaction time.
So he sent his scouts far away to the Anding area. Anding has surrendered. Not only can he get food supplies there, but he can also monitor every move of Anding, including possible reinforcements and those who want to be the backbone. So Zhang He appeared in Anding.
Two days later, Ma Su got the news. As soon as he got the news, he reacted. He withdrew his troops from Yuzhong and took his personal guards with him, and rushed to Shanggui to meet Zhuge Liang. Just when Zhuge Liang was at odds with everyone.
, he arrived in time and made a plan with Zhuge Liang to ambush Zhang He.
Ma Di, like Zhuge Liang, was eager to make meritorious deeds. When others saw dangers, they saw the opportunities hidden in these dangers. Zhang He was the last glimmer of hope for the Wei army in Longyou, and it was also their confidence that they could not surrender. They defeated Zhang He.
The hope of defeating the Wei army could be defeated. However, Zhang He came from afar and seemed to have a magical force descending from the sky with an astonishing momentum. In fact, he was at the end of his strength and was far from as powerful as he seemed.
That's why Zhuge Liang dared to set up a large formation under the city of Shanggui with 40,000 troops, preparing to fight Zhang He in a majestic formation, and defeated Zhang He in front of Guo Huai. That's why Ma Su dared to urge his army to rush to Luomen, preparing to ambush Zhang He.
Ma Di and Zhuge Liang had the same opinion. Zhang He was a famous general in the Wei army and was known for his versatile tactics. He would not be unclear about his own strength. He directly led 10,000 elite cavalry to relieve the siege of Shanggui. He was obviously not a famous general like him.
What a stupid thing he did. The most likely thing he did was to take advantage of Ma Su's eagerness to rush back to Shanggui for reinforcements and attack Ma Su.
Using 10,000 fine cavalry to ambush Ma Su's 30,000 exhausted soldiers, compared to attacking Zhuge Liang's large formation at Shanggui City, the chance of victory is greatly increased. Once Ma Su is wiped out or severely damaged, the morale of the Shu Han army will be dampened.
, and Zhang He can also get supplies from the spoils of war, gather strength, and fight Zhuge Liang again.
Ma Di hoped for this result. He got the news first and rushed to Luomen before Zhang He, waiting for Zhang He to surrender.
Not only Zhang He knew about the dangers of Luomen, but Ma Di and Zhuge Liang also knew about it, because Zhuge Liang had Jiang Wei, a native of Hexian County, beside him. Jiang Wei was a good soldier and naturally knew the dangerous places near his hometown. Of course, places like Luomen were
It won't escape his attention.
In addition to hearing about it from Jiang Wei, Ma Di himself also passed through here many times. Before attacking Longxi County and later marching into Yuzhong, he passed through Luomen. At that time, the water was still strong and marching could not be carried out on the river beach, but Ma Di made a special trip
I made a short stop here and inspected the topography of Luomen. It is recorded in history books that when Emperor Guangwu was resurrected, General Feng Yi of Dashu went west to conquer Weixiao, but died of illness in Luomen. Feng Yi was a native of Fucheng, Yingchuan, and left Xiangyang.
Not far away, Ma Su knew his deeds very well. Now that he has arrived in Longyou, he naturally wants to pay his respects.
The heroes have the same idea. Everyone has chosen Luo Men, so let's see who can seize Luo Men first. As soon as Ma Di heard the news about Zhang He's appearance, he made the decision without asking Zhuge Liang for instructions, in order to seize this time.
He seizes Luomen, and Zhang He is his prey. If Zhang He seizes Luomen, then he will become Zhang He's prey.
Now, he has seized this opportunity and can wait for Zhang He to take advantage of him.
Ma Su stood under a big tree, holding a book in his hand but not reading it. His eyes passed through the tree crown that looked like light smoke due to the fallen leaves, and looked at the ribbon-like Wei River in the distance, with a smile on his lips.
Not far behind him, General Pi Wang Ping and Huang Xi sat together, holding a grass stalk in their mouths, silent, and it took a long time before they said a word. They were chatting, but they only said a few words.
The words gradually lost their flavor, and they sat alone.
Wang Ping glanced at Ma Su's back from time to time, with a trace of disdain on his lips.
Wang Ping is from Danqu, Brazil. Danqu is located at the southern foot of Daba Mountain and is a settlement of the Ba people. Wang Ping gets along very well with the Ba people. When Cao Cao conquered Zhang Lu, he once met the Ba people leaders Du Yi and Pu Hu
They surrendered to Cao Cao together and went to Luoyang. Cao Cao made him a false captain, that is, an acting captain. Later, Xia Houyuan died and Cao Cao conquered Hanzhong again, and he also came with him, but he never went back after he came.
, he surrendered to Liu Bei and got the position of General Yamen, and later was promoted to General Pi.
However, he was also discriminated against by many people and was regarded as a capricious villain. In addition, he did not know a few words and was infected with many barbarian habits. The scholars around Liu Bei regarded him as a capricious villain.
He was also treated as a barbarian. Wang Ping didn't say anything, but kept it all in his heart. Naturally, he didn't have a good impression on the scholars.
Ma Su was a scholar, and he also had an unconcealable contempt for Wang Ping. Although he tried not to show it on his face, Wang Ping could clearly feel the arrogance coming from his bones.
Wang Ping also disapproved of Ma Su. Different from the pride of Ma Su and others, this was the pride of a scholar who had truly made meritorious deeds through fighting on the battlefield.
Wang Ping believed that a real general must come from the army, and no one can become a famous general by reading a few sentences. With a talent like Cao Cao, the Emperor of Cao Wei, he would be completely defeated in his first battle. How could a scholar like Ma Di be so successful?
Fight to become famous?
The Battle of Xiangwu was nothing but a victory based on human lives. If he was really capable, why didn't he conquer Yuzhong despite being in Yuzhong for so long?
Wang Ping also had different views on the Luomen ambush. However, Ma Di ignored his opinions, and he could only do nothing.
He felt that the idea of ambushing Zhang He with more than 20,000 infantry was a bit self-explanatory. What kind of person was Zhang He? He knew the geography of Longyou better than Ma Su. Not only that, he was also a very cautious general. He would not
Did he send scouts to check Luo Men's situation in advance and then rashly come in so that you could catch him?
Only a scholar would think like this, treating everyone else as a fool, and the only smart person in the world would be himself.
Wang Ping said it once, but Ma Su pretended not to hear it, smiled politely, and then followed his own arrangement. Wang Ping didn't say anything more, just thinking about his own thoughts. He regretted that he should not have given up on Cao Wei in the first place.
, surrendered to Liu Bei. Yes, he got along very well with Liu Bei, won Liu Bei's trust, and once became his loyal general, but who knew Liu Bei would die so early, and now Zhuge Liang, a scholar, is in power, and he has to
Take orders from Ma Su, a scholar.
He regretted it. If he could have predicted this day, he would rather go back to Luoyang. It is said that Pu Hu and the others lived well in Luoyang, and they were better than him now anyway.
Wang Ping had the experience of surrendering twice. Others were unwilling to pay attention to him. He didn't talk much and didn't have many good friends. The reason why he got along well with Huang Xi was because Huang Xi was also a Brazilian and was considered a provincial party member. Huang Xi
He is a branch of the Huang family in Langzhong, Brazil, and is a member of the same tribe as Huang Quan. After Huang Quan surrendered to Cao Wei, Liu Bei did not blame Huang Quan. Huang Xi still led the army, and was now a general with no title. However, after Liu Bei died and Zhuge Liang came to power, they felt
There was a lot of pressure. Zhuge Liang took back Wei Yan's military power in Hanzhong, which made Huang Xi and the others a little uncomfortable. If they also had to take away Wei Yan's military power, how many days could they, the Yizhou people, keep their military power?
This kind of worry weighs on the hearts of every general who is not from the Jingxiang family, and it also makes them gather together naturally. Even if they are not very close to each other at ordinary times, they will be used to sitting together when they are free.
The sound of Ma Su reciting poems and books was heard in the distance. Wang Ping and Huang Xi exchanged glances and snorted in unison.
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A hundred miles east of Luomen, Zhang He raised his hand. The flag-bearing soldiers immediately waved the flag, the drummers beat the war drums, and the advancing cavalry slowly stopped.
Zhang Xiong urged his war horse and trotted over.
"General, what are your orders?"
"Set up camp and rest on the spot, and send the scouts a hundred miles east to the foot of Shanggui City and to the west to Luomen."
Zhang Xiong looked at the sky and said hesitantly: "General, is it too early to rest now?"
Zhang He glanced at him: "It's getting late. The soldiers have been working hard these days, and there will be a big battle soon. We need to keep up our spirits."
Zhang Xiong didn't ask again. He knew that his father had a deeper meaning, and it was not as simple as letting the soldiers rest more. He turned around to make arrangements. When he heard the order to rest, all the soldiers got off their horses, and some led their horses to swim in the Wei River for a drink.
Some of the horses went upstream to fetch water and prepare meals, while others set up camp and each performed his or her duties.
Zhang Xiong found the scout camp and passed on Zhang He's order. The captain of the scout camp took the order and left. Not long after, the scouts rode horses and ran in all directions.
After everything was arranged, Zhang Xiong returned to Zhang He. Zhang He was meditating on the map.
"Dad, what are you thinking about?"
"I was wondering why Zhuge Liang dared to set up a large formation under Shanggui City and wait for me to attack." Zhang He raised his head, looked at his son, and smiled: "What do you think it is?"
"If you fight in formation and then fight, he has the advantage." Zhang Xiong sneered: "However, we avoided the truth and attacked Ma Su's weakness. We went to fight Ma Su and cut off one of his arms first. Even if he guessed it, what could he do? His infantry , but they can’t catch up with our cavalry.”
"We are not going to Luomen." Zhang He turned his head and glanced at the sunset in the west: "We will go back to Shanggui tomorrow."
"Why?" Zhang Xiong was confused.
"Because the time has not come yet." Zhang He stroked the knife ring and smiled slightly.
On the opposite hilltop, a returning bird flew up from the forest and circled the trees, screaming and panicking.
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