Guan Xing is different from Zhang Shao. There is no possibility of relaxation between him and Zhuge Liang. At the end of last year, Guan Feng officially married Wei Ba. Although there were not many guests, even Wei Ba himself was not in Chengdu. It was his younger sister Wei Laner who
The bride who took the place of worship was married to a matchmaker, which completely complied with the procedures.
The Guan family has clearly sided with Wei Ba, and Guan Xing can no longer expect to maintain friendship with Zhuge Liang. It is rare to be able to maintain the surface politeness.
This is also because Wei Ba has not broken face with Zhuge Liang so far, and it is not something Guan Xing can control. Since Wei Ba is willing to maintain this last face, Guan Xing will not be stupid enough to take the initiative to anger Zhuge Liang.
After all, he is not the same Guan Yu that he always talked about. The relationship between him and His Majesty today is far less close than that between Guan Yu and Liu Bei back then.
It's not that he didn't want to, it's that Zhuge Liang didn't give him such an opportunity.
So when I heard that Zhuge Liang wanted to invite him to discuss matters, and it was a tactical deduction, Guan Xing's sensitive little heart was suddenly hurt. ***, the Prime Minister just bullied me, how dare you, a little scribe, make fun of me?
The scribe was very depressed. He didn't know why he offended Guan Junhou. He couldn't explain it, so he had to go back in despair. Zhuge Liang frowned even more after hearing this. Just as he was about to speak, Zhang Zhang had already arrived.
Jiao stood up. "Prime Minister, he must have drunk too much. I'll go take a look."
Zhuge Liang waved his hand and signaled Zhang Wei to go back quickly. Zhang Wei left the Chinese army tent and came to Guan Xing's camp. When he saw Guan Xing's angry appearance, he couldn't help complaining: "Dingguo, you
What is this?"
Seeing Zhang Jiao, Guan Xing realized that he might have misunderstood, and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"Why are you here?"
"I don't have time to talk nonsense with you." Zhang Jiao looked around, picked up the basin beside him, and poured a basin of cold water on Guan Xing's head. Guan Xing was unprepared. He was soaked in the water all of a sudden.
He jumped up and shouted: "Shuzi, what do you want?"
"What's going on? Save you!" Zhang Jiao said as he pulled up the big cloak next to him, picked up Guan Xing and ran away. Guan Xing was commanding Yu Linlang, who was right next to Zhuge Liang's central army. He crossed a barrier and ran away.
Although the spring breeze was warm, Guan Xing, who was soaked by the wind, still shivered involuntarily and sneezed several times. When he walked to Zhuge Liang, he was still yawning.
Non-stop.
"What's going on?" Zhuge Liang and others were surprised.
"He had nothing to do in the camp and was drinking. Hearing that the Prime Minister was summoned, he was afraid of being confused and causing trouble, so he poured a basin of cold water on himself to wake himself up." Zhang Jian said seriously: "I asked him to change his clothes and come back.
He firmly refused, so... I asked the Prime Minister to forgive him for being rude."
Zhuge Liang shook his head with a smile and waved his hand: "Come here, go and get some dry clothes from Dingguo. Dingguo, sit by the fire and warm yourself up. The battle is about to begin. You can't get sick."
No matter how stupid Guan Xing was, it was not easy to contradict Zhuge Liang at this time, so he thanked him quickly and sat next to the fire pit. Huo Yi took the initiative to make room for him. He also brought a cloth to wipe his face and dry clothes. Guan Xing said hastily
I wiped it off and put on a clean top again. I wiped away the mucus and wrapped my clothes tightly.
Zhuge Liang explained the situation and then turned his attention to Guan Xing: "Dingguo, please tell me first what steps Wei Ziyu took when he did the tactical deduction with you."
After this period of busyness, Guan Xing has woken up. He recalled the situation back then and talked about it one by one. Among the people here, he is the one who knows this process best, naturally better than Zhuge Liang and others who only know it theoretically.
It was more accurate, not to mention that Zhang Jiao was on the side to supplement it. After listening to his story, Zhuge Liang arranged the roles, and everyone began to deduce the tactics of both sides.
Tactical deduction requires you to change your thinking habits and observe the entire battle situation from a higher level. While you can better grasp the overall situation, the things that need to be considered are more complicated. Of course, everyone needs to concentrate. Even with Zhuge Liang
Although he was very smart, it was the first time for him to conduct such a tactical deduction, and he found it a bit difficult. Fortunately, the participants were all outstanding talents of the Shu Han Dynasty. Once their power was concentrated, their power would be extraordinary.
After a night of tactical deductions, Zhuge Liang roughly understood several possibilities for Cao Zhi. More importantly, he successfully stabilized people's hearts and made everyone realize that although this change had a significant impact, it was not at a loss. Although the plan he concluded was not
It may be perfect, but after clarifying the situation of both parties during the discussion and sorting out the clues, I finally stopped being so panicked.
Guan Xing finally concluded: "Wei Ziyu told us back then that tactical deductions cannot be regarded as real tactical arrangements, but can only be used as a staff method to objectively grasp the opponent's tactical possibilities in as detailed a way as possible. However, the deployment of troops by both sides
When setting up the formation, the role of generals cannot be underestimated. This is Cao Zhi's first time leading troops. No one can tell what his military tactics will be like. Therefore, the prime minister cannot rely too much on this kind of deduction and must leave some room.
Try to gain an advantage in strength as much as possible."
Zhuge Liang smiled tiredly: "It seems that the water was well spent. You are talking very clearly now."
Everyone laughed, Guan Xing was a little embarrassed, and glanced at Zhang Jiao gratefully. Zhang Jiao was indifferent, as if he didn't feel anything.
Zhuge Liang asked people to prepare some breakfast, and everyone gathered together to eat it. After taking a short rest, Zhuge Liang ordered the drums to be beaten to gather the generals.
Half an hour later, the generals were ordered to leave the camp, and Ma Dai led four thousand cavalry out of the camp.
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Xiahou Ba led his army to break through a military camp. The more than 200 soldiers in the military camp could not stop the 3,000 Wei troops. The battle ended quickly. The Wei soldiers robbed all the food without mercy and destroyed several people in the camp.
They also slaughtered all the sheep and feasted on them. They are all people who have no tomorrow, so they should seize the time to enjoy it if they can.
Xiahou Ba grabbed a piece of half-cooked meat and chewed it bit by bit. Suddenly he noticed that a prisoner looked strange. He pointed at it, and two guards walked over, pulled the prisoner out from the crowd, and pushed him to the
In front of Xiahou Ba.
Xiahou Ba stared at him twice and was surprised: "Are you... Guo Boji?"
Guo Huai sighed and stood up straight. He was originally stooped, unshaven, dark-faced, and didn't talk much. He looked like a dull farmer, but when he stood up straight, he immediately revealed a different temperament from ordinary field soldiers.
"It's really shameful."
"Why are you here?" Xiahou Ba threw the meat in his hand at a loss, wiped his hands on his pants, and saluted: "Wei Ba asked for the pardon letter from His Majesty, and you are no longer guilty.
With your talent, how could you..."
Guo Huai smiled bitterly: "Now I am a soldier who once tried to escape. They only know my name is Guo Ji, but they don't know my name is Guo Huai."
"Run away?" Xiahou Ba understood in a daze. He laughed: "A poor family produces a filial son, and a country is in crisis and a loyal minister appears. Guo Boji, if your Majesty finds out, he will definitely reward you. Come, march with me and make great achievements."
Guo Huai shook his head: "I can't."
Xiahou Ba's face darkened. Guo Huai knew that he was coming and did not take the initiative to see him, but hid in the crowd. He felt something was wrong. Now that Guo Huai rejected him again, he was even more suspicious of Guo Huai's intentions.
"Don't think too much." Guo Huai sighed: "When I was captured by Wei Ba, Wei Ba once made me swear that I didn't have to surrender, but I couldn't be an enemy of the Shu Han again. Otherwise, he would cut off my head immediately.
class."
Xia Houba's eyes flashed and his expression softened. He knew Guo Huai's experience very well. When Guo Huai became an official, he was first appointed as the Prime Minister of Pingyuan Mansion, which was also the head of Cao Zhi's Pingyuan Mansion. Cao Pi didn't know how he learned about it.
After seeing him, he tried to summon him to his side and made him a thief under Cao Cao. I don’t know how Cao Cao found out about this matter, so Cao Cao recruited him from Cao Pi and turned him into the prime minister’s army. Cao Yiling
After the Battle of Hanzhong, Guo Huai never returned to Yecheng. He followed Xia Houyuan to fight in Guanzhong and Longyou.
Guo Huai's ups and downs in his official career contain the shadow of the Cao brothers' struggle for the throne, which is not based on his personal will. As the son of Xia Houyuan, Xiahou Ba has also heard about the situation. Now that Cao Zhi is leading the army, Guo Huai wants to stay out of the matter.
, which is also excusable. As for the promise to Wei Ba, who knows whether he is true or false.
However, it is immoral to force people to break their oaths. If Xiahou Ba insists on doing this, he will not be able to restore Guo Huai's heart and will leave people with a reason to talk.
Xiahou Ba shook his head regretfully: "In that case, I won't force you. If you still want to go back to your hometown, now is your chance. I will give you horses and dry food. You keep going east. If you meet King Chen, bring me a
That’s all word of mouth.”
Guo Huai hesitated for a moment. He knew that Xiahou Ba was making a last-ditch effort and hoped that Cao Zhi would retain him personally, otherwise there would be no need for him to bring any message. He nodded and did not reject Xiahou Ba's kindness.
After sending Guo Huai away, Xiahou Ba sighed for a while. Someone came to report that Shu Han Pingbei General Ma Dai led four thousand cavalry and was galloping towards here. When Xiahou Ba heard this, he stood up and gave an order loudly:
"The whole army is assembled and ready to go."
Niu Jin rushed over and walked side by side with Xiahou Ba: "General, do you want to fight?"
"Fight?" Xiahou Ba shook his head: "We won't fight. Our goal is not to defeat anyone, but to harass and make Zhuge Liang miserable. We will not fight with more than 500 soldiers and horses, let alone 4,000.
Once the cavalry are entangled together, even if they win, it will be a miserable victory and not worth it."
Niu Jin thought for a while and knew that what Xiahou Ba said was reasonable. This was what Cao Zhi had repeatedly asked before they left. However, he was still a little unwilling to accept it and reminded him: "General, there are no cavalry in Shu Han. These four thousand cavalry are probably
The Shu Han only has cavalry. If we can defeat them, it will be equivalent to cutting off Zhuge Liang's arm."
Xiahou Ba raised his eyebrows and felt a little excited. He got on his horse and looked into the distance. He pointed his riding whip towards the northeast and said, "Go to Du Yang."
Niu Jin was immediately discouraged after hearing this. Du Yang was in the northeast of them. Although it was not an escape, it was almost an escape. It seemed that Xiahou Ba still did not dare to confront Ma Dai.