Zhuge Kongming stood there with no intention of leaving. He just stood there quietly without saying anything.
Seeing that Zhuge Kongming had not left, Guan Yu put down the book in his hand again and asked: "Kongming, do you have anything else to do?"
Zhuge Kongming nodded and asked: "Zhang Liao, the Huya General of the Huaxia Kingdom, personally led an army of 10,000 to meet the enemy, marching down seven camps along the way. I wonder how the general will deal with it?"
Guan Yu said: "I have made my own decision on this matter. His Majesty asked you to supervise the army, so you can supervise the army. Du Xi's grain and grass team is very important. You can help Du Xi transport the grain and grass. You are too young for military matters."
You are young, and you have never fought in a war, so you only need to supervise the transportation of food and grass, and Guan will handle the war."
Zhuge Kongming, whose name was Liang, was the younger brother of Zhuge Jin, the imperial censor of the Jinghan Dynasty. This expedition with the army was indeed the first time in his life. After hearing Guan Yu's words, he said nothing, just bowed and turned around
And left.
After leaving the tent, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Zhuge Liang's mouth. It disappeared in an instant, and he thought to himself: "This battle is when I, Zhuge Kongming, will become famous in one fell swoop."
After nightfall, Guan Yu called to his side several lieutenants from the General's Office who were accompanying the army on the expedition, and immediately started planning.
"Zhang Liao set up camps along the way, divided into seven camps, blocking the main road to Wancheng. Zhang Liao wanted to divide his troops to resist the enemy and set up layers of defenses. However, he did not know that this violated a military taboo. Once the first camp was lost, then
Our army will be unstoppable and win every step. Not to mention seven, even seventy can be conquered in one fell swoop." Guan Yu gathered together the five captains of the General's Mansion and said loudly.
The national system of the Jing and Han Dynasties was inherited from the Han Dynasty, so the general was the highest military commander in the country. The general had subordinate officers and five battalions, and each was commanded by a school captain. Although he was only a school captain, he had great power and was more powerful than ordinary soldiers.
The miscellaneous generals are even taller, almost equal to the four generals in the third rank: front, back, left and right.
In the old system of the Han Dynasty, in terms of general rank, the general was first, the hussar general was second, the chariot general was second, the guard general was third, and then there were the front, back, left, and right generals.
, generally the generals belong to the first rank, the hussar general, the chariot general, and the general of the guard because of their authority.
The difference is not too big, so in the second rank, the front, back, left, and right are the third rank, and further down, there are the uncommon Sizheng, Sizhen, Siping, Si'an, and miscellaneous generals. However,
As subordinate officers of the General's Mansion, the five captains are permanent and belong to the third rank in terms of authority.
The five captains were promoted by Guan Yu in recent years, namely Huo Du, Huo Jun, Dong He, Lu Chang, and Wang Fu.
The Jingzhou area is full of outstanding people, and many talents have been hidden. When Liu Biao was in charge of Jingzhou, people's hearts were scattered. After Liu Bei took over, after a few years, he gradually won over the scholars in the Jingzhou area. In recent years, there have been many scholars in Jingzhou.
Discovering talents in Jingzhou can be said to be full of talents now.
After hearing this, Huo Du, Huo Jun, Dong He, Lu Chang, and Wang Fu all clasped their fists and said, "No!"
Guan Yu said: "Immediately send someone to inform former General Pei Qian to launch an attack on Zhang Liao tonight. You will also go out with me. We will go into battle lightly and catch Zhang Liao by surprise. We will capture Zhang Liao in one fell swoop."
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Pei Qian was dining in the front army. He had just eaten two mouthfuls when the men sent by Guan Yu arrived at the camp. He hurried to greet him. After receiving Guan Yu's order, he immediately gathered all the soldiers and horses, with their titles on hand and their horses' feet bound, quietly.
Heading towards Zhang Liao's camp.
Tonight, the moon is dark and the wind is high, and the visibility in the dark night is very low. Zhang Liao's army is stationed in Gaziling. On the left is the flowing water, and on the right is a dense jungle and a steep hillside that is not too high. Zhang Liao is in charge.
Set up camp, and a camp will block the road.
Zhang Liao was in the camp, gathered his generals, and ordered: "Tonight the moon is dark and the wind is high, the enemy troops will definitely come to rob the camp. All soldiers will act according to the original plan. When sleeping, the men will not take off their armor and the horses will not take off their saddles."
, all of them are waiting for me."
"Here!"
After the instructions were completed, several generals returned to their camps and made detailed arrangements before they were done.
At that time, the soldiers of the Chinese army were secretly gearing up, waiting for the Han army to attack.
Outside the Chinese Army's barracks, Pei Qian had already led his elite soldiers. Looking over from a distance, he saw that the Chinese Army's barracks was very heavily guarded, the lights were brightly lit, and soldiers were walking back and forth on the archery tower.
Pei Qian saw that the Chinese army was heavily guarded and did not dare to neglect it. After waiting for another hour, he saw that all the defenders looked tired. Many soldiers were lying there and squinting, thinking that the time was ripe.
They immediately launched an attack.
He first sent out archers who were good at archery to get rid of the guards on the archery tower. Unexpectedly, before the archers fired their bows and arrows, the guards went down alone, as if they were about to change shifts.
"Opportunities cannot be missed, and they will never come back. When the enemy takes over, it is the time to launch an attack. The whole army obeys the order and it is time to avenge the shame!" Pei Qian noticed this key point and took his turn.
With a big knife in his hand, he shouted loudly, "Soldiers! Kill!"
After giving the order, the Han army swarmed in and attacked the Chinese army's camp overwhelmingly. First, the infantry moved the antlers and blocked the horses and other objects, and then the cavalry rushed open the camp gate, and the archers
With cover on both sides, the Han army rushed into the Chinese army's camp with lightning speed.
At this time, Zhang Liao led his troops from various camps to resist. After resisting symbolically for a while, he announced his retreat.
Pei Qian didn't know what the plan was and thought he had successfully robbed the camp. Without saying a word, he immediately took advantage of the situation to cover up and kill them. He used two thousand light cavalry to clear the way, followed by infantry.
Zhang Liao brought his cavalry to the rear and fought fiercely with Pei Qian. He retreated while fighting. As soon as he retreated to the second camp, he resisted symbolically for a moment, then announced that the defense collapsed and ordered to continue retreating.
After retreating four times in a row, Pei Qian became more and more brave and arrogant. Seeing that he had beaten Zhang Liao to a pulp, he felt very happy. Several times Zhang Liao almost turned defeat into victory, because Pei Qian's infantry arrived, so Zhang Liao continued to retreat.
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The two armies fought fiercely all the way, with seven camps stretching for dozens of miles. When the battle came to dawn, Zhang Liao just retreated to the seventh camp.
Zhang Liao led 300 cavalry back from the front. He saw that the seventh camp had already been prepared. From the attack last night until now, he only used 500 cavalry as a defense to cover the rest of the soldiers.
They retreated, so only more than a hundred riders were injured.
As soon as he arrived in front of the camp, Zhang Liao turned his horse's head and said loudly: "Soldiers, launch a counterattack!"
Pei Qian led 2,000 cavalry at the front and fought fiercely with Zhang Liao all night. As a result, many cavalry were killed and wounded. Now he only had 500 or 600 cavalry around him. The 8,000 infantry behind him followed closely. He saw that Zhang Liao had gathered about 2,000 cavalry.
The man who was guarding the seventh camp sneered and said, "You don't overestimate your ability. If I don't behead you in public, kill me! Whoever kills Zhang Liao will be rewarded with a thousand gold coins!"
There must be brave men under a heavy reward. As soon as he said this, the more than 500 cavalry around Pei Qian immediately rushed over. Pei Qian followed the cavalry with the infantry.
"Fire the arrow!" Zhang Liao shouted when he saw the enemy rushing towards him.
"Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh..."
Following Zhang Liao's order, countless arrows were shot out from the jungle on the right side of the official road. At the same time, the ambush appeared, and Zhang Liao also led his army to fight back.
After the arrows were fired, more than 9,000 Chinese troops rushed out at the same time. This surprised Pei Qian. He thought that the Chinese troops were defeated by his pursuit, but when so many people suddenly appeared, he knew that he and Zhang Liao had been tricked.
They fought several times, but never won. In the past, Zhang Liao took the initiative to attack, but now Zhang Liao lured the enemy deeper, and he was no match. Seeing Zhang Liao rushing over at the lead, he shouted: "Retreat! The whole army retreats!"
However, the Han army was cut off from its return route by the Chinese army, and it was inferior to the Chinese army in terms of equipment. It soon turned into a one-sided massacre. In order to avoid the Chinese army, the Han army could only retreat towards the Feishui River.
Zhang Liao took the lead and killed more than ten Han cavalry with his sword. Then he rushed to Pei Qian's side, shouted loudly, and struck with his sword. Pei Qian was frightened and raised his sword to block.
As a result, Zhang Liao's steel sword directly cut off his weapon. A cold light flashed and fell directly on Pei Qian's shoulder. The blade was extremely sharp. It went down and split Pei Qian in half.
Seeing that Pei Qian was killed by Zhang Liao, the Han army lost its backbone. In addition, the Chinese army worked hard to push the Han army into the Feishui River, directly forcing the Han army to the shore of the Feishui River. At this time, the south and the north were just under the river.
After several heavy rains, the water level of Feishui River surged. The river was very deep, and the current in this section of the river was fast. Therefore, once the Han army fell into the water, they were quickly swept away, and their hope of survival was extremely slim.
With a roar, countless Han troops were squeezed into the Feishui River by the Chinese army. Crying and wailing could be heard everywhere. In the end, more than 5,000 Han troops chose to surrender out of self-protection, and 4,000 people fell into the water.
Many people will be swept away by the river once they fall into the water. Only one tenth of them can survive.
The battle ended quickly. Zhang Liao chopped off Pei Qian's head and had it hung on the gate of the seventh camp. He escorted the prisoners and continued to retreat. He and the captured weapons and armor retreated all the way to the Jiyang area.
He set up camp again and became close friends with Lu Heng and Wenpin.
Guan Yu led his army along the way and heard that Pei Qian was victorious and defeated six villages. Suddenly he had an ominous premonition and hurriedly sent people to control it.
However, before anyone could be sent out, news of Pei Qian's army's defeat came back.
Guan Yu personally led five hundred of his followers to the seventh camp. Seeing Pei Qian's head hanging high on the gate of the camp, Guan Yu couldn't help feeling sorry for him, and immediately ordered: "Send General Pei back to Xinye for a grand burial, and write a battle report to
Your Majesty, please say that I underestimated the enemy too much, which led to General Pei's defeat."
Wang Fu was beside Guan Yu. After listening to Guan Yu's words, Wang Fu immediately asked: "General, Pei Qian's death was caused by his own underestimation of the enemy and had nothing to do with the general. Why did the general take the responsibility on himself?"
Guan Yu said: "Pei Qian is a former general. He was controlled by a certain person. He was defeated and died in battle. It is hard for him to take the blame. Write a battle report."