It was not difficult for Hao Zhao to get out of the city. Although Zhuge Liang besieged the city, it was not an impenetrable siege. Obviously, Zhuge Liang did not want Hao Zhao to defend Ji County. He wanted Hao Zhao to go out of the city to fight, so he followed the common method of besieging three buildings.
The tactics gave Hao Zhaoli enough space.
This space was enough for Hao Zhao to send Ma Jun out, but it was extremely difficult for his army to leave like this. As soon as he saw Hao Zhao opening the city gate, Zhuge Liang commanded the army to rush over, with Jiang Wei and Wang Ping on either side.
During the pincer attack, they caught most of Hao Zhaojin's centaur in time and seized the city gate to prevent Hao Zhao from retreating to his death in Ji County again.
Hao Zhao had no intention of fighting. He knew very well that even though Xiahou Ba had come to meet him as agreed, the Wei army still could not retreat completely. Zhuge Liang had been preparing for so long, and there were nearly 80,000 troops outside the city. The price for them not leaving any behind was
Can't leave
, so Hao Zhao had already divided the army into two parts, with his hometown in Longyou, the rear in Guanzhong, and the one in the Central Plains as the vanguard. He also took a dozen representatives of the Tianshui clan as hostages with him to ensure that the soldiers in the rear would not be together.
They turned against each other as soon as they left home.
Seeing the Shu Han army charging towards them from both sides, Hao Zhao did not hesitate at all. He took his bodyguard cavalry and more than a thousand warriors who were eager to return home, protected Ma Jun and ran all the way. He successfully rushed out before the Shu Han army encircled him.
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When Jiang Wei saw this situation, he immediately understood Hao Zhao's intention. He didn't bother to notify Zhuge Liang, and pursued with a small number of his bodyguards. He had just rushed out about ten miles, when he saw smoke and dust rising in the distance.
Immediately afterwards, the scouts came to report that Xiahou Ba was coming towards him with three thousand fine cavalry.
Jiang Wei was shocked and did not dare to pursue him any more. Several hundred of his men faced Xiahou Ba and could not even make a splash. Jiang Wei reined in the reins and looked at Hao Zhao's back with regret. He believed that Ma Jun must have
Among those people, Hao Zhao could only have one purpose for doing this, and that was to send Ma Jun away. If he had enough cavalry to intercept Ma Jun, the burden on the prime minister's shoulders would be much lighter.
Unfortunately, now he can only watch this great opportunity slip away from him.
Jiang Wei turned his horse back and protected the frightened representatives of the emperor's powerful families as they rushed back to Ji County. He sat on the horse, paying attention to the movement behind him, while chatting and laughing with his fellow villagers. The Jiang family is one of the four surnames in Tianshui, and these people
Not unfamiliar, just
His father died early, and he usually didn't have many opportunities to sit with these people. The situation is different now. Prime Minister Zhuge has captured Longyou, and he is Prime Minister Zhuge's favorite lieutenant and confidant. These people will look up to him in the future.
Look at him as he is now.
A few years later, the unfilial son who abandoned his mother and fled to Shu finally returned home. For some reason, when he thought of this, Jiang Wei, who was originally satisfied, suddenly remembered Wei Ba's contemptuous eyes, and all his excitement and pride disappeared in an instant.
He disappeared, with a look of embarrassment and shame on his face, which was blown by the cold wind and became dark and rough.
Jiang Wei lowered his head and glanced at Jixian County in the distance. He tightened the reins with his hands. The tall and strong Xiliang war horse stopped in confusion and shook its neck.
Seeing that Jiang Wei's expression was wrong, those who were talking to him with a forced smile all closed their mouths knowingly.
…
"Xu——" Xiahou Ba reined in his horse and looked at the gloomy Hao Zhao, but hesitated to speak. He came here after receiving the news from Hao Zhao, so he naturally knew Hao Zhao's mood. As a veteran who has been fighting for many years
, handed over Hebei County to Zhuge Liang, and withdrew from Longyou. Even if things went wrong, Hao Zhao would feel very uncomfortable.
"General Hao, what has happened is that it is not a crime of war. Let's leave quickly. General Qiaoqi and the others are waiting in front."
Hao Zhao looked back at Ji County and responded. They moved forward and soon met Qin Lang and Tian Yu who were coming over. Qin Lang and Tian Yu were also in a bad mood. This retreat represented several years of Long's
Wei Guo was completely defeated in the battle for the right.
Defeat, and has since lost control of Longyou. Judging from the current situation, it is estimated that there will be no chance to regain Longyou. When thinking of the ups and downs of the Wei State in the past few years after the fall of Guanzhong, everyone
My heart felt a little sad.
Several people joined forces together, and there were nearly 30,000 infantry and cavalry. Although they were not enough to fight Zhuge Liang's main force head-on, no one could stop them from retreating. The soldiers who had been fighting abroad for many years were also eager to return home, and they moved very quickly.
, heading all the way east.
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Zhuge Liang walked up to the city of Ji County and inspected the devices on the city wall one by one. His face was calm, but his eyes were somewhat thankful. If Hao Zhao didn't take the initiative to abandon the city, in addition to using Wei Ba's tactics to attack, he would
The only option is to wait for the city to run out of food. Hao Zhao is very experienced in defending the city, and Ma Jun is a mechanical genius. With the cooperation of the two of them, Hebei County can be said to be impregnable.
"Take a good look." Zhuge Liang said to Jiang Wei, Wang Ping and others who were following him: "Hao Zhao's city defense is very organized, and there is much to learn from it. Cao Rui will not use such talents in the future.
You still have a chance to meet him, and it will be helpful for you to understand his fighting methods in advance."
Jiang Wei and Wang Ping quickly agreed.
Yang Yi looked around the city defense, carefully avoiding things on the ground, and said with a smile: "The Prime Minister is smart. He only used a letter to make Hao Zhao leave without fighting. I'm afraid he was scared out of his wits and won't see him again in the future."
The Prime Minister's banner is so timid that he has no courage to resist."
Zhuge Liang smiled: "Wei Gong, you are so optimistic. Hao Zhao abandoned the city and left, not because he was timid, but because he knew that there was no point in defending. Instead of being trapped here, it is better to bring those elites back to the east of the river. Now Wei's military strength
He said, "These elites can play a greater role when they return to Hedong. Not to mention..." Zhuge Liang paused and then said: "...and Ma Jun. If he hadn't escorted Ma Jun out of the city, Hao Zhao wouldn't have been so easy.
of giving up.”
Hearing Ma Jun's name, Yang Yi immediately thought of another name, and the corners of his eyes twitched involuntarily. He actually knew very well that the real hero of these easy seizures of Ji County was not Zhuge Liang, but Wei Ba, Wei Ba
invention
He came up with new tactics, captured Wancheng in one fell swoop, and helped Li Yanquan take Nanyang, leaving Wei unable to support Longyou. And his new tactics shocked Ma Jun and Hao Zhao, making them realize that holding on would not help, which led to
They abandoned the city.
Wei Ba influenced the war in Longyou thousands of miles away, and he was very famous. Unfortunately, Yang Yi felt uncomfortable hearing this name, so he was not interested in continuing what Zhuge Liang said.
"Prime Minister, when will we set off?" Yang Yi moved closer to Zhuge Liang and lowered his voice.
"Start?" Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and slowly shook his head: "No rush, no rush. Even though Longyou has taken over, Liangzhou is still outside the rule. We will wait until Liangzhou is taken."
Yang Yi looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise, and Jiang Wei was also a little surprised. They exchanged looks with confusion in their eyes.
Wei Yan and Xiang Lang fell behind side by side. Looking at Zhuge Liang who was surrounded by people in front, Wei Yan rubbed his hands and let out a long sigh. Xiang Lang glanced at him and said with a smile: "Why, I have been fighting to no avail for a long time. I am afraid that I will be overshadowed by my son."
Too popular?"
Wei Yanqiang said with a smile: "You are joking, Mr. Xiang, am I such an immeasurable person? Besides, although Quanzi has made some minor achievements, he is now on the receiving end of crime. Whether he can keep his General Zhennan is a question.
It is even more impossible to surpass me. I just feel that if I follow the Prime Minister out to Longyou this time and my success is still uncertain, I am sorry for the salary and title I have enjoyed, and I am sorry for the trust of the late Emperor and His Majesty."
Xiang Lang couldn't help but laugh, stopped, held on to the city wall, looked at the winding Wei River in the distance, and smiled without saying a word. Wei Yan didn't understand what he meant, and stopped. When the people who were following him gradually passed by, Xiang Lang said
: "Chang Wen, you are a master of military affairs. All of your sons are talented, but the smartest one is Ziyu."
"I know this." Wei Yan nodded and smiled proudly.
"No, you don't know." Xiang Lang turned his head and looked at Wei Yan. There was no smile on his face. Seeing how serious he was, Wei Yan was a little embarrassed and quickly put away his smile. Xiang Lang said seriously: "If you really
If you know Ziyu's good intentions, you won't complain anymore."
Wei Yan looked at Xiang Lang blankly, trying to figure out the implication of Xiang Lang's words. However, he was obviously not good at this. After thinking about it, he couldn't figure out what Wei Ba's good intentions were and why he couldn't find it.
Scratch.
Seeing Wei Ba's appearance, Xiang Lang sighed secretly. They all said that a son is as good as his father, but Wei Yan just didn't understand Wei Ba's intentions. He was about to say something, but saw Yang Wei walking over quickly, and hurriedly
He closed his mouth and smiled again: "Yuan Xiu, you are leaving in such a hurry, is there something wrong?"
Although Yang Wei didn't like these two people, he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Xiang Lang. He quickly bowed and said, "The Prime Minister has invited General Zhenbei to discuss matters."
Xiang Lang raised his eyebrows, but before he could say anything, Wei Yan smiled happily, hurriedly cupped his hands towards Xiang Lang, turned around and followed Yang Wei. Xiang Lang sighed secretly and shook his head.
Wei Yan quickly walked up to Zhuge Liang and bowed. Zhuge Liang raised his hand with a smile: "Chang Wen, let me tell you some good news. Zirou has made another great contribution. He just took the lead in the battle to capture Kunyang."
As Zhuge Liang spoke, he took the military report from Yang Yi and handed it to Wei Yan. Wei Yan quickly took it and glanced provocatively at Yang Yi with a straight face. The military report said very briefly, Chen arrived, Ma Di led the way
The army supported Lu Xun with 60,000 troops
The army besieged Kunyang and once again replicated the glory of Wancheng. More than a thousand thunderbolt chariots and crossbow chariots fired in a burst, catching Zhang He off guard and quickly conquering Kunyang City. Wei Feng led the Wei family soldiers and was the first
Climbed the city wall of Kunyang.
"Chang Wen, your sons are all outstanding, brave and resourceful, and have made many military exploits. As a father, you can't relax."
Wei Yan's eyebrows rose with joy, and he quickly bowed and said, "Please give me your instructions, Prime Minister."
"Chang Wen, although Longyou has been conquered, Liangzhou is not at peace. I want you to lead the troops to capture Liangzhou. How about that?"
"Okay." Wei Yan was overjoyed, clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Prime Minister, please rest assured, Yan will definitely live up to his mission."
Zhuge Liang nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, I will write to Your Majesty to appoint you as the General of Zhenxi."
Xiang Lang arrived and happened to hear Zhuge Liang's words. He couldn't help but froze. He glanced at the ecstatic Wei Yan and sighed involuntarily.