Xiahou Ba sat on the case, looking angry. Qin Lang lowered his head and remained silent. Sima Shi hugged his arm and leaned against the side, looking at the top of the tent with calm wind.
Zhang He's order was on the case. He had just been circulated by the three of them, but the reaction was completely different.
Xiahou Ba applauded, Qin Lang was worried, and Sima Shi did not comment, but it can be seen from his eyebrows that he was a little disdainful, and even disdainful of comments.
"Here, my military post is the highest, so I should be the one who decides." Xiahou Ba put away the order, put it in his arms, stood up and waved: "Come on the order to prepare."
"Here." Sima Shi bowed meticulously and turned to leave the tent. Qin Lang did not move. He looked at Xiahou Ba with a sad face: "Zhongquan, this matter is of great importance. If the general and his son refuse to cooperate with each other, we
I'm afraid there's no chance."
"General Cheqi and Cavalry didn't expect them to cooperate." Xiahou Ba sneered: "What is the general thinking? You understand, I understand, and I understand that it is impossible to expect him. If he is willing to send troops to help, why is the stalemate to this day until now?
.Yuan Ming, stop talking, I believe that General Cheqi and Cavalry is willing to do his best. If you still have any worries, it doesn’t matter. If you are the Central Army, I will lead the cavalry as the vanguard behind the Sima Shi Hall."
"Zhongquan, look at you." Qin Lang smiled bitterly and said, "I mean that? I just said..."
Xiahou Ba reached out and patted Qin Lang, and laughed: "Yuan Ming, I know what you mean. I am a little impulsive in doing things. You are steady. Your Majesty asks you and me to cooperate, which is the meaning of learning from your strengths and weaknesses. However, this time, I ask
You believe me, believe in General Cheqi. Don’t you know the loyalty of General Cheqi? Helping General Cheqi is to help His Majesty.”
"Yes." Qin Lang wanted to speak but stopped. He paused, stood up and squirted his cloak: "Since you have decided, let's follow the orders of General Cheval to execute."
"That's right." Xiahou Ba raised his eyebrows and laughed: "How many times can you fight in life? After so many years, I have been fighting with Wei Ba long ago to see if he is the domineering power or my domineering power.
I have never been able to do it. I finally got a chance this time. If I let it go, wouldn’t it be a pity?”
Qin Lang shook his head and said nothing.
...
Wei Yan walked into the central army's stance with great strides, bowed to Lu Xun, and said impatiently: "Boyan, the Wei army has set off the camp."
Lu Xun raised his head and looked at Wei Yan in surprise. Wei Yan had elite cavalry in his hand, and he was responsible for the scout camp, but ordinary news didn't require Wei Yan to come to report to him personally. Wei Yan ran over and looked like this again, so it naturally happened.
A big deal.
"Where did they go? Pengcheng?"
Wei Yan raised his thumb: "Boyan is indeed a brilliant and exquisite heart, and he can be guessed."
Lu Xun smiled bitterly. Wei Yan was praising him, but why did he sound like a condescending and elders praising juniors. In fact, they are about the same age. Wei Yan was a few years older, but not yet at the point of relying on his seniority. He was like this
On the one hand, he talks because of habits, and on the other hand, he reminds Lu Xun that his official titles are above Lu Xun, and obeying his commands is just to give him face.
Lu Xun has gone through too much honor and disgrace in his life, and he will not take Wei Yan's little thoughts seriously. What he cares about is what the Wei army suddenly goes to Pengcheng. Wei Ba is preparing to break Zhang He's blockade and take food, grass, and military equipment.
Sent to Pengcheng, helping Zhou Yin and Ding Feng to stand firm, dragging the battle situation in a favorable direction. Xiahou Ba and others marched towards Pengcheng at this time, naturally wanting to help Zhang He siege the city, but when they went, he and Wei Yan were naturally
Will go, the strength of both sides is still similar, is it meaningful?
Did the Wei army want to fight to the decisive battle in Pengcheng?
After careful consideration, Lu Xun still couldn't understand the true intention of the Wei army. No matter how he looked at it, the Wei army was struggling in helplessness.
Wei Yan was impatient. "Boyan, why do you think so much? Just keep up with me. Could it be that you really want to dig the Cao family's ancestral tomb?"
Lu Xun smiled. He couldn't do that. It was not a gentleman who should do such a thing as digging other people's ancestral graves. This is a stupid thing that only barbarians like Dong Zhuo and Cao ** would do. Even if they were asking for it.
He is not short of money now, so there is no need to do such a thing.
"General Wen Chang, please lead the elite cavalry and be careful. I will follow you and keep a distance. Pengcheng is only more than three hundred miles away. Even if you are a little slower, it will be seven or eight days."
Wei Yan nodded and turned around and went out to make arrangements.
Lu Xun stood in front of the map and thought hard. He had a premonition that a war was about to break out, but he didn't understand what Zhang He and Xiahou Ba meant, which made him very uneasy.
...
Pengcheng.
Deng Ai is in the south of Pengcheng. Today he wants to dig a passage on Zhang He's position so that the weapons supplies needed by Zhou Yin and Ding Feng can be sent to Pengcheng. Zhou Ding and his men guarded the city for several months, although
There was no big war, and the consumption of weapons was limited, but the food and grass were almost exhausted. If they didn't send the food and grass in, they would have to lose their food, and the persistence in the past few months would lose its meaning.
The north of Pengcheng is the east-flowing water. It flows into Sishui in the north of the city and then flows south together. The water surface is wider and is a natural moat, which is not conducive to attack. The west side is undulating hills, which is not conducive to the arrangement of large corps.
The only one who launched the frontal attack was Chengnan. Zhang He was guarding here, and Deng Ai also placed 10,000 elite infantry here. Wei Feng led 5,000 cavalry to form a formation on the left three miles to prevent the Wei cavalry from raiding. Behind them, there was
Wei Ba's eight thousand central troops.
The formation has been set up, waiting for Wei Ba's orders.
Wei Ba sat on the central army command platform, looking at Pengcheng in the distance and the Wei army camp outside Pengcheng, looking at Zhang He's battle flag, and still pondering.
He couldn't figure out what Zhang He wanted to do.
Tian Fu has returned from Lu County, but Wang Ling and Tian Yu have no movement. There is news from Qiao County. Xiahou Ba and others led 30,000 infantry and cavalry to approach Pengcheng, and Lu Xun and his father Wei Yan followed behind.
Both sides maintained normal speed, and advanced forty miles a day, it would take three or four days to reach Pengcheng. Even if the cavalry is fast, it would take two days. Tens of thousands of cavalry are not thousands or hundreds of cavalry, and can be long-distance
When rushing, they need to bring a lot of baggage and can only advance like ordinary infantrymen.
As for the direction of Suiyang, there is no new news yet. Sima Yi has returned to Suiyang City, without any movement.
At this time, launch an attack and send the food and grass into the city, and the task is completed.
Everything seemed to be very smooth, but because of this, Wei Ba felt a little uneasy.
"General, it's time to launch an attack." Yu Si bent down and reminded Wei Ba in his ear.
Wei Ba sighed secretly. Since he couldn't figure it out, don't think about it anymore. Maybe Zhang He had no choice but to do this, but he thought too much. He should hurry up and wait until Xiahou Ba and the others arrived, but he wouldn't
It's easy to fight.
Xiahouba had more than 13,000 cavalrymen, which would have an unignorable impact on the entire battlefield.
"Attack!" Wei Ba waved his hand.
The messenger danced colorful flags and passed the order out. When the front army received the order, the sound of war drums suddenly exploded. The thunder chariot that had been deployed in front of the formation began to roar, and the stones were shot into the sky. The stone bullets roared past,
It hit the Wei army's position. The crossbow chariot also began to shoot, and dense arrows gathered into a dark cloud, crossing the sky and shooting towards the Wei army.
At the same time, the Wei army also began to counterattack, with countless stone bullets and arrows pounced on the Han army.
Both sides began to attack each other with long-range weapons.
Deng Ai was not in a hurry to attack. He knew very well what the advantages of both sides were. Although the Wei army also had thunderbolt chariots and crossbow chariots, their supply of stone bullets was a big problem. During this period, Zhang He was not idle here, so he should have
A large number of stone bombs were prepared, but their reserves were not as rich as those of the Shu Han army. As time went by, the power of the Wei army's thunder chariot would weaken as the stone bomb attack was insufficient, and they would turn to pick up the Han army.
Use the stone bullet that was shot over.
Of course Deng Ai would not let him do what he wanted. Soon after the attack was started, he caused some damage to the Wei army's positions. He ordered to use the fire bomb to attack instead. The fire bomb would shatter when it landed, and the Wei army could not use it again. Moreover, they
There is no reserve of fire bombs, so I can only use stone bombs to continue attacking.
Deng Ai estimated that at most one day, the Wei army's thunderbolt chariot would become a pile of scrap wood. Then, he would use stone bullets to attack, and he would achieve better attack effect. After he had the overwhelming long-range strike force,
Then give in the infantry attacks to reduce casualties.
The battle situation moved forward according to Deng Ai's estimate. After the two sides attacked for a day, the Wei army exhausted the stone bullets that had been prepared for several months, and the thunder chariot slowly stopped. At night, Zhang He sent his soldiers to pick up the stones on the position.
The number of ammunition is very limited, and it obviously cannot be supported for long, and the battle situation begins to become beneficial to Deng Ai.
The next day, Deng Ai switched to stone bombs and added more than 200 thunderbolt vehicles to bombard the Wei army's positions. There were not enough stone bombs to counter the Wei army's positions, and the Wei army's positions were soon broken by stone bombs falling from the sky.
, had to give up the first position, threw down a bunch of thunder chariots, and retreated backwards.
Deng Ai continued his efforts and ordered the thunder chariot to push forward so that Zhang He would not have any chance to breathe.
The front army attacked smoothly, the Han army was in high morale, but Wei Ba's mood was unable to relax. At night, he stood in front of the map and was puzzled. Zhang He knew he was at a disadvantage, but he still refused to retreat. What was he trying to do?
"Where is Xiahouba?"
"Xiangxian County has two days to go to Pengcheng." Gu Cheng said: "General Lu and General Wei are following twenty miles behind."
"Where is Tian Yu?"
"I received the news a day ago. He was still in Lu County, and there was no movement to send troops." Gu Cheng was silent for a moment: "The Yang family sent news, Tian Yu and his son... seemed to be separated from life and death. It seemed that Tian Fu had a death battle.
meaning."
"Tian Fu?" Wei Ba remembered that peer and became even more confused. That was not someone who was willing to give up easily. Could it be that Zhang He really wanted to trap beasts and fight to the death?