Chapter 499 Take advantage of the east wind and give me elite soldiers
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 499 Take advantage of the east wind and give me elite soldiers
The reason why Zhuge Liang ordered tens of thousands of Han troops to come out of Jiange and camp several miles away from the Wei army's camp was because he had two purposes.
On the one hand, the purpose is to confuse Cao Hong.
After seeing the mighty force of his own army looking for a violent attack, Cao Hong's energy after coming to the east would be focused on how to defend against the fierce attack of his own army. This could conceal the true purpose of the Han army to a large extent.
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Showing the sword pavilion openly and arranging the army secretly is not Zhuge Liang's strategy.
Apart from the purpose of confusing Cao Hong, Zhuge Liang also did not want the true whereabouts of the Han army to be exposed in advance.
Cao Hong is a veteran general. Even if his current mission is mainly defensive, he will not do the most basic thing of sending scouts to explore the enemy's situation.
And tens of thousands of Han troops set out from outside Jiange and crossed hundreds of miles of mountains to reach Dingjun Mountain. Under normal circumstances, Dong Na couldn't hide it from Cao Hong's scouts.
Only by building the military camp of "tens of thousands of Han troops" not far from the Wei army's camp can we prevent the Wei army's scouts from exploring.
The mountain road outside Jiange is narrow. When "tens of thousands of Han troops" join forces to camp like the Wei army, the Wei army's scouts have no space to detect information behind the Han army's camp.
Moreover, "tens of thousands of Han troops" were right in front of him, so there was no need for Cao Hong to let his scouts climb over the mountains and forests and go behind the Han army's camp to continue to explore the enemy's situation.
Due to Zhuge Liang's planning and preparation, the camp for tens of thousands of troops was soon completed, which also meant that the surprise attack on Dingjun Mountain was officially on the agenda.
In the sixth month and tenth month of the fourth year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, the moon was bright and the sky was clear, and the locals said it was time for an expedition.
That month, behind the Han army's camp, which was beyond the reach of the Wei army's scouts, and outside the Jiange Pass, groups of well-organized elite soldiers had been lined up.
The teams of elite soldiers were wearing fine armor and red tassels on their heads. They looked full of energy and high morale under the moonlight.
A rough look eastward from the Jiange Pass wall shows that the combined number of elite soldiers in each group is in the tens of thousands.
Then there are tens of thousands of elite soldiers who will be recruited next year.
Among the thousands of elite soldiers, there were 4,000 Liangzhou soldiers who were eager to protect the Lord, brave and good at fighting, and 6,000 Yizhou soldiers who had just won a great victory and had fully recharged their strength.
During the great battle of Nanzhong, the two elite soldiers from different places marched eastwards under Zhuge Liang's command over the thousands of miles of mountains in Central China to attack all rebellious officials and traitors who dared to rebel against the Han Dynasty.
In terms of mutual compatibility, the two elite soldiers have long since become perfect.
In terms of their knowledge of the mountains and forests, these two elite soldiers are already among the best in the world.
The most important thing is that the two elite soldiers are the field army of the big man who have experienced hundreds of battles. Every soldier among them is no less loyal to the big man than the dignitaries who stand high above the wall.
That means that if the big man has needs, then they will have the belief that they are not afraid of death and will do their best to shed blood for the big man.
When these two elite soldiers come together, the mission they are about to undertake is bound to be the most difficult, but similarly, they are the only ones in the Eastern Han Dynasty who can complete the most difficult mission.
Because of that, Zhuge Liang was full of confidence.
Zhuge Liang, standing on the east side of the wall, looked down at the more than ten thousand elite soldiers with firm eyes in the east. At first, his eyes stopped at the figure at the front of the more than ten thousand elite soldiers - Han Zuo Zhonglang General Deng Ai.
Does Zhuge Liang not intend to lead the army to Dingjun Mountain himself?
This does not mean that he is afraid of the hardships and hardships on the road, but if he wants to successfully cross the hundreds of miles of mountains and reach Dingjun Mountain, he will definitely not be able to rely on more than ten thousand elite soldiers alone.
The subsequent supply of food, grass and water, and the subsequent departure of other armies, each of them is an unimaginably arduous task.
And all kinds of matters are extremely demanding.
If something goes wrong in those matters, not only Liangzhou's initial hope will be lost, but the tens of thousands of elite soldiers who entered the mountains early will probably face collapse.
Therefore, he must stay in the sword pavilion and personally take care of those affairs as a big man and Mi Yang.
Apart from that reason, Zhuge Liang also considered the issue of frontline command authority.
Although Mi Yang is not a general at present, he has not really established a government to govern affairs. Since the command of the army lies between the general and the prime minister, it is difficult to say who should listen to whom.
Even that kind of difficulty is not only due to the position, but also due to human feelings, sophistication, and legal principles.
Zhuge Liang knew very well that inconsistent command is the most taboo thing in the army.
In this case, it is best for him not to stay on the front line, so that Mi Yang can give full play to his talents.
What's more, Zhuge Liang also knew that if Mi Yang received the support of a large number of effective forces, then he would definitely be able to reverse the situation of the war - at least he could keep Liangzhou intact.
Is it that Mi Yang's many glorious achievements in the past have created the world's confidence in him?
When Zhuge Liang saw Deng Ai's face, he had an impatient look, and a smile appeared on his lips.
After deciding not to lead the army himself, Zhuge Liang considered many general candidates to lead the army. At first, he chose Deng Ai against all odds.
Elite soldiers can only exert their greatest potential if they are paired with strong generals.
Deng Ai's ability has already been demonstrated in the battle of Nanzhong. In terms of mentality, Deng Ai is probably the person outside the Jiange who is most anxious to rescue Liangzhou.
Seeing Deng Ai looking at him asking for instructions, Zhuge Liang understood and took an order flag from Yang Yi's legs.
And when Zhuge Liang took the flag from Yang Yi's leg, a strange scene happened.
Outside the Jiange, which was originally quiet and windless, a breeze suddenly appeared.
And as time goes by, the breeze is becoming more and more noisy.
After noticing that scene, Yang Yi beside Zhuge Liang couldn't help but exclaimed: "That's not the east wind."
The increasingly noisy east wind caused the blood-red tassels of the more than ten thousand elite soldiers to sway, and also caused the crimson army flags on the wall to rustle.
The arrival of the east wind instantly filled the atmosphere outside the Jiange where there had been no sound of war drums with a murderous atmosphere.
The reason why Yang Yi let out a sigh after noticing Dongfeng is that Dongfeng has a different meaning in this world.
The first level of meaning is that the east wind generally symbolizes the long and difficult road ahead, which vaguely corresponds to the major events that the Eastern Han Dynasty is seeking to carry out.
As for the second level of meaning, it is not: "The east wind carries the rain of gods, leaving the soul to cultivate and forget to return."
The rising east wind was considered by southerners at that time to be a sign of the coming of gods, and that sign also indicated that good things were about to happen.
The two meanings of east wind are quite contradictory, but in the scene in the east, there seems to be a vague unity between them.
The road ahead is extremely difficult, but once you successfully overcome the difficult and dangerous road ahead, will good things come unexpectedly?
Zhuge Liang heard the expectations in Yang Yi's eyes, and how could he, and even the ministers standing at the wall now, not have such expectations in their hearts?
Without thinking too much, Zhuge Liang decisively waved the command flag in his leg.
When the colorful flags were dancing in the east wind, Deng Ai, who received the signal to dispatch troops, immediately turned around and walked towards the mountain road on one side.
As soon as Deng Ai moved, under the command of hundreds of generals, the entire team of more than 10,000 elite soldiers followed Deng Ai and walked out of the mountain forest where they didn't know the way forward.
The movement of more than 10,000 elite soldiers caused bursts of clashing sounds of armor, and among the clashing sounds of iron tools, there were subsequent sounds of many blades chopping branches and vegetation.
Two different sounds seemed to merge into a beautiful piece of music at that moment, causing the faces of the ministers, generals and ministers behind the wall to smile one after another.
In troubled times, the nuclear crisis collapsed
Only the sound of Fang Erlang breaking the formation.
Zhuge Liang has been watching the march of more than ten thousand elite soldiers in the east. Due to the deep vegetation, Deng Ai's figure walking in the front has long been invisible, and more and more soldiers are soon swallowed up by the boundless mountains and forests.
From Zhuge Liang's perspective, the darkness in the vast mountains and forests was a bit shuddering, not to mention the tens of thousands of elite soldiers who faced the unknown darkness.
It is a kind of natural vigilance and fear that people have when it comes to unknown things.
But no matter how dark the road ahead is, if you have faith in your heart, there will be light.
Minghan, didn't you just come here step by step?
Thinking of this, as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and as the erroneous Zhuge Kongming of Crouching Dragon who was worshiped by countless celebrities in the world, he couldn't help but bowed deeply at Guanqiang and bowed three times to the tens of thousands of elite soldiers who were wrongly carrying him.
Zhuge Liang's sudden move exceeded everyone's expectations at Guanqiang.
Saying goodbye with three bows is not a very respectful etiquette in this world, let alone someone with a status like Zhuge Liang's.
But Ru Ming.
Perhaps under Zhuge Liang's initiative, perhaps because of his inner feelings, a group of nobles and nobles standing on the wall, including nine ministers and princes, also offered sacrifices to the more than ten thousand elite soldiers behind Zhuge Liang.
The etiquette of bowing and bowing three times.
Their identities may be completely different from those of the more than ten thousand elite soldiers, but they share a common identity - Ji Han's idealists.
This ceremony not only pays tribute to the more than ten thousand elite soldiers who have never looked back, but also pays tribute to the pioneers who have dedicated their lives to the founding of the Han Dynasty for decades.
After a long time, Zhuge Liang slowly raised his body.
By that time, the figures of more than ten thousand elite soldiers had disappeared into the mountains and forests ahead, followed by groups of civilians escorting supplies.
After more than ten thousand elite soldiers disappeared, the east wind outside the sword pavilion gradually died down.
That gave Zhuge Liang a strange feeling in his heart, and a passage of words emerged in his mind.
The bright moon borrows an east wind for the division and gives me tens of thousands of elite soldiers!
Please fight that battle well!
Mi Yang, who was standing on the Nanzheng city wall, suddenly sneezed.
Then he hit another one.
The sudden sneeze caused everyone around Mi Yang to look at Mi Yang with concern.
When the war in the East becomes urgent, the general will surely fall ill.
Mi Yang didn't feel like his body was getting cold because of the sudden sneeze.
Coming from a later generation, he is more likely to believe that his sneezing came from someone missing him thousands of miles away.
Of course, it is not ruled out that some people are secretly cursing him.
That's normal. When people stand taller, they are easily remembered by others, whether they are good or bad.
If you stand taller, you will easily have an advantage, that is, you can see more.
But the advantage of seeing more may turn into a disadvantage if placed on a battlefield where the situation is unfavorable to one's own side.
For example, Dangdong.
Seeing a large number of Wei army civilians and auxiliary soldiers carrying earth and stones around Nanzheng City, Mi Yang felt that his right eyelid kept beating.
Cao Cao, I really want to attack with water!
Mi Yang didn't know whether Wu Yi's arrow really turned Cao Zhen into a eunuch, but because of Cao Zhen's bad qualities, Mi Yang had always been generous and blessed the wrong leg with the greatest goodwill.
Returning to one's ancestors, is it nothing but a blessing in this world?
The city wall is not only populated by Mi Yang, but also by his followers.
Compared with Mi Yang's "calmness" after noticing Wei Jun's intentions, Zhou Tai and others were not so calm.
Even though he didn't express his worries directly for fear of affecting the morale of the army, he couldn't hide the uneasiness on their faces.
In those few months, soldiers came to the city wall to report that there had been any unusual movements in the Wei army, so Mi Yang led a group of subordinates to walk in front of the city wall to observe.
Compared with the blankness of the sergeants on the city wall, Zhou Tai and others, who had been taught the art of water attack by Mi Yang, could tell at a glance what the Wei army was doing.
Build a dike!
Is that the second step of the water attack method mentioned by Mi Yang?
Perhaps within a short period of time, the Wei army may not be able to do well in the first step of the water attack.
But since the Wei army can start the second step, it proves that the first step is also being carried out by the Wei army, and has even made considerable progress.
So, what to do?
Zhou Tai and others looked at Mi Yang consciously for help. After Mi Yang saw those eyes, he led a group of subordinates and walked east from the city wall.
After walking through the east city wall, he had not yet returned to the outside of the Zhou Mu Mansion. In a deserted place to the east, Zhou Tai hurriedly said to Mi Yang:
"The Ming rebel army really wants to flood Nanzheng as expected by the general. How should other armies deal with them when they come from the east?
How should the people outside the city deal with themselves?"
Zhou Tai seemed the most anxious because he was the one who knew the flood disaster best among all the people in the east.
Recalling the floods in Nanyang, Zhou Tai found it difficult to calm down.
Once the Wei army's water attack strategy is carried out, even if the raging floods do not break down the city walls of Nanzheng in a short time, many people outside the city will inevitably die in the floods pouring into the city. What will happen to Nanzheng City?
The county magistrate Zhou Tai was very worried.
Under his conscientious governance, Nanzheng managed to gather tens of thousands of residents, so he couldn't just watch them die.
After Zhou Tai spoke, others such as Fa Miao and others also expressed their worries and uneasiness.
Listening to the thoughtful comments from his confidants, Mi Yang couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Before the flood came, people outside the city began to be in chaos.
That's normal. Even the strongest people will have doubts and fears when encountering the power of nature.
Moreover, although none of his confidants are great men of the moment, they are still far from being the prodigies who govern the world. The lack of calculation in their hearts will only deepen the doubts and fears in their hearts.
Fortunately, he does not belong to that group.
Mi Yang stretched his legs to stop the commotion among his confidants. He first looked at Lu Yiyan and said, "How has the construction of the city tower been going over the past few months?"
During that period, Mi Yang ordered Lu Yi to continue to raise the height of the tower with four city walls, pretending to defend Nanzheng.
When Mi Yang asked about that, Lu Yi replied: "They have all been raised by several feet as ordered by the general."
After hearing Lu Yi's answer, Mi Yang's face showed a smile.
Cao Zhen must not have noticed the big project of raising the height by several feet.
In this case, it's time to take a step east.
The old rule is, don’t wait until early in the morning or as early as Dongzhi.
(End of chapter)
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