After receiving Wei Ba's military report, Zhuge Qiao felt angry but also felt relieved.
"Wei Ziyu is so bold. He actually dares to disobey orders and do his own thing?" Yang Wei angrily slapped the table, his fair face turned red, and he seemed to be even more angry than Zhuge Qiao. "He wants to make peace with the capital. Do you want to take the credit?"
"There is a reason for him to do what he did when the situation was urgent." Zhuge Qiao said calmly: "If he obeys my order and rushes to Xunkou, it will be of no use. Ten thousand people want to capture Xunkou. If you want to build siege equipment, plus the siege time, less than half a month will definitely not be enough, and the casualties will not be small. If he takes a detour to Shangyong and attacks Mulansai from behind, he may have a greater chance of success."
Seeing that Zhuge Qiao was not angry, Yang Wei was no longer angry either. He smiled in agreement and said, "What the captain said makes sense. Even if Mulansai cannot be captured, Meng Da will feel much more at ease if we can let him know that we are doing our best to rescue him. In fact, we As long as you have the intention, Mengda has been preparing for so long, and Fangling's defense line has been operating for so many years, it will not fall so quickly."
"Yes, otherwise, Sima Yi wouldn't be so crazy." Zhuge Qiao sighed, pinched his nose, his eyes were a little complicated, showing both fear and unwillingness. "I didn't expect this scholar to be ruthless enough. He led a 30,000-strong army on a hasty march, covering 1,200 miles in eight days. What is even more unreasonable is that he actually sent troops without waiting for the imperial edict. This man... I am afraid he will not be a pure minister in the future."
Yang Wei snorted: "How can such a bold and self-righteous person be a pure minister?"
Zhuge Qiao glanced at Yang Wei and did not speak to him. He knew that Yang Wei was not talking about Sima Yi, but Wei Ba, who also acted on his own. He could understand Yang Wei's mood, but he could not agree with Yang Wei. To Wei Ba It would be a bit unkind for Ba An to be charged with such a serious crime. In fact, so far, although Wei Ba is a bit domineering, he is generally decent. What he is doing now is also based on the overall interests and is not entirely seeking credit—— Although it is not ruled out that he is striving for merit.
Zhuge Qiao pondered for a moment: "Yuan Xiu, do you think I should reveal some information to him and ask him not to use too much force? It's not our purpose to really rescue Meng Da."
Yang Wei smiled and said: "No, Bo Song, do you really think that his thousands of people can rescue Meng Da?"
Zhuge Qiao was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed to himself: "That's true, I'm worrying too much."
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Wei Ba put his hands on his hips and breathed heavily. His legs were as stiff as a thousand catties. After walking on the mountain road for two days and one night, he had no feeling from the waist down. In the end, he just relied on his strength. He was insisting and running instinctively. Now that he stopped, exhaustion pressed down like a dense jungle above his head, making him want to sit down on the ground.
"Oh, it would be great if I could soak my feet and get a massage now." Wei Ba thought in his heart, but did not dare to show anything on his face. He brought with him one hundred and forty Wei family soldiers and one thousand elite soldiers. The foot soldiers rushed here, and with this letter of persistence and perseverance, he won the favor of those foot soldiers. If they knew that he was so regretful that his intestines were turning green now, and only wanted to enjoy the foot massage from the ugly maid, it would be difficult to protect his greatness. The image will not collapse in a moment.
"Joining the army, what should we do now? Should we rush to Fangling City to report a message?"
Captain Zhang Jiao and Zhou Yu came over together and saluted with clasped fists. Zhang Jiao, courtesy name Ziwang, was born in Wuyang and was only nineteen years old this year. He became a captain at such a young age and commanded five hundred infantry. With his family background
Related. The Zhang family of Jianwei was a famous family in Yizhou. Great-grandfather Zhang Hao had evaluated Sikong, and great-grandfather Zhang Gang was also a hero. When General Liang Ji was at the height of his power, he was the only one who dared to stand up and oppose him. The famous saying "When the jackal is in power, An
"Ask the Fox" comes from Zhang Gang.
The Zhang family has been very cooperative since Liu Bei entered Sichuan, and with his family background, his official career has been smooth. A young man like Zhang Jiao, a captain, is nothing in the Zhang family. Zhang Jiao's elder brother Zhang Yi is only thirty-five now.
Years old, he has served as governor for two terms.
"Ziwang, Yun Yang, do you think we can fight to the foot of Fangling City?" Wei Ba pointed at the faintly visible Fangling City in the distance, and then pointed at the beehive-like Wei army camp outside the city, and raised his eyebrows.
road.
Zhang Jiao and Zhou Yu glanced at each other. Of course they knew that it was impossible to go to the city to report the news, but if they didn't go to the city to report the news, how could they let Meng Da know that they were coming? They were so far away, and their throats were broken by shouting.
, the city couldn’t hear it. As long as they made a little noise, Meng Da might not have seen it, but Wei Jun would definitely notice it and would surround them immediately. With more than a thousand people, how could they be their opponent?
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"Then what's the clever plan to join the army?" At this dangerous point, Zhang Wei and Zhou Yu all placed their hopes on Wei Ba. Wei Ba is now their backbone. Whether they can go back alive depends on Wei Ba.
Are you smart enough?
"Actually, it's very simple. Our task is not to defeat Sima Yi. Our task is to tell Meng Da that there are reinforcements so that he can defend the city with peace of mind." Wei Ba raised his head, looked at the tree crowns rustling in the cold wind, and smiled.
He shouted: "Do you think so?"
"What Join the Army said is true. The question is, how can we let Meng Da know that we are here?" Zhang Wei insisted and asked. He felt that Wei Ba was smearing mud and did not answer his question directly.
"I have thought about this, but now is not the time to tell you. You have more important tasks to do." Wei Ba looked at the surrounding terrain: "How long will it take you to build a position that is easy to defend but difficult to attack?
Guaranteed to survive the Wei army’s attack?”
Zhang Jing looked around and said easily: "Join the army. Although the mountains here are not very high, they are easy to defend and difficult to attack. There are a thousand people to defend. As long as there is enough food, I think Wei Ba will have 100,000 people."
Come and attack, there is nothing you can do to defeat us in a short period of time."
"Then quickly prepare the position. When the position is ready, we will notify Meng Da."
Zhang Jiao looked at Wei Ba and was doubtful. Wei Ba seemed to have a good idea, but he could not imagine how Wei Ba would inform Meng Da. This place is three miles away from Fangling City, and there is a road in the middle.
Zhushui is twenty or thirty paces wide and the Wei army camp is nearly three hundred paces wide.
Zhang Jiao became a little curious.
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Fangling.
Meng Da sat at the top of the city, looking at the swarming Wei army camp outside the city. Guozi's face was full of exhaustion and worry. He had been preparing for this big event for several years, always thinking that all the troubles had been anticipated, but what happened
When the time came, he found that his preparation was still far from enough. First of all, he did not expect that Shen Yi would discover his plan and notify Sima Yi in advance, so that Sima Yi would send Liang Ji, who joined the army, to test him and ask him to enter the court to pay homage to the new emperor.
. He is not a fool, how could he be fooled by this, but in this way, he can only raise the flag of rebellion before the city is completely repaired.
The gap of half a month, he originally thought it was not a big problem. After receiving the news, Sima Yi had to report to Luoyang first, and then send troops. This period would take at least one month. One month would be enough for him to fix all the loopholes.
Go up, and reinforcements from Wu and Shu will arrive in time. Even if Sima Yi reaches Fangling, there is nothing he can do.
But he made a mistake again. This time, he underestimated Sima Yi. There were only eight days from when he started the incident to when Sima Yi's troops arrived at the city. Without any psychological preparation, he woke up one night and found that Fang Ling had been captured.
Sima Yi's army was completely surrounded.
This shocked everyone. If Meng Da hadn't been in the new city for many years and most of his subordinates were his relatives, Sima Yi would have been able to succeed in his first attack. Despite this, Meng Da still felt a strong atmosphere of despair.
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The preparations have not yet been completed. A powerful enemy has arrived, but reinforcements are far away. The only one you can count on now is yourself.
Meng Da lamented secretly. Of course he knew why Zhuge Liang only sent 5,000 men and stopped at Anyang. He first betrayed Liu Zhang and surrendered to Liu Bei, then betrayed Liu Bei and surrendered to Cao Wei, and now he wanted to betray Cao Wei and return to Shu Han.
, betrayed three times in more than ten years, who can believe him? Even if Zhuge Liang believed him, he couldn't believe that Zhuge Liang would believe him.
He originally wanted to rely on Fangling's unique position, dominate the three eastern counties with the strength of nearly ten thousand families, and become a free and uncrowned king. Now it seems that everything was in vain because he misjudged the wrong person twice. Sima Yi
Just outside the city, more than ten consecutive days of fierce attacks regardless of the cost have completely destroyed the defensive facilities he arranged outside the city. What worries Mengda even more is that people in the city are in panic, and no one knows when the day will come.
It will collapse, and there will be no news of reinforcements.
Despair has become a mountain hanging over everyone in Fangling City.
Meng Da didn't know how long he could hold on, but he knew that it would take at least a month for reinforcements from Wu and Shu to arrive here. Meng Da did not expect to rely on reinforcements from Wu and Shu to defeat Sima Yi. He knew very well that he would not be able to get them.
With the trust of Zhuge Liang or Lu Xun, the so-called reinforcements can only be nominal. But now he is very eager for these nominal reinforcements. As long as there are reinforcements outside the city, even if they are just stationed there, it will be enough to appease the city.
The military's morale and morale. As long as he can calm down the people's hearts, he can relieve this tension.
However, he also knew that if he could think of this, Sima Yi would also think of this, and he would definitely send troops to block Wu Shu's reinforcements. He could even imagine where Sima Yi's blocking troops would be arranged. Mulan Sai to the west is where the blocking troops will be.
The best terrain is for the Shu Han army coming from Hanzhong, and Anqiao Fortress in the south is the best place to block the Wu army coming from Zigui. These two places are four hundred miles away from Fangling, and hundreds of miles closer.
, even though the beating was going on, Faang Ling couldn't hear a sound.
Fangling has become an isolated city. My life is at stake!
Meng Da lamented. He did not dare to look at the Wei army camp below the city. He moved his gaze to the west of Zhushan with a guilty conscience. Although he also knew that there would definitely be no reinforcements there unless he saw a miracle. But now he also
We can only place our hope on miracles.
Meng Da just glanced at it, then held his breath and froze. He rubbed his eyes, stretched out his hand, pointed to the mountains in the distance, his voice was as trembling as his fingers: "Ziyi, look
,Then...what is that?"
Deng Xian looked along his fingers and couldn't help but feel ecstatic: "Reinforcements...reinforcements are coming?"——Reinforcements are coming, where are the tickets?