On Dingjun Mountain, Zhang Ren led his soldiers to build a layer of barriers, half a circle around the camp on Dingjun Mountain. Looking at the raging fire in front, everyone was ready to prepare.
In front of the barrier, there are rows of big trees that have been cut down, with bare wooden stumps exposed. The big trees have also been cut into many sections and placed in front of the barrier to make defensive wood. Behind the barrier, there are even more piles.
Stone, once he found out that the Wei army was attacking, he started to entertain them with rolling stones and wood.
It was getting late, and the fire filled the entire Dingjun Mountain. The raging fire completely separated the two armies. Below was the Wei army all over the mountain, and above was the Chinese army with no way to retreat. The two armies had been facing each other for a long time, both waiting for the fire to extinguish.
That moment.
At the foot of Dingjun Mountain, Cao Cao saw that the fire on the mountain was no longer advancing. He frowned and said to the people around him: "The progress is too slow. Before dark, we must capture Dingjun Mountain and pass on the order. Everyone
Soldiers, all attack me, no matter the cost."
After the order was issued, the soldiers at the foot of Dingjun Mountain began to rush towards the mountain, and they all gathered about twenty or thirty meters behind the fire. Cao Cao mobilized all the soldiers and horses from Tiandang Mountain and the camp, and all gathered in Dingjun.
At the foot of the army mountain, let the soldiers on the mountain put out some fires first, and then rush up together.
On Dingjun Mountain, Zhang Ren saw the soldiers of the Wei army extinguishing a section of the fire. Although there were still residual fires coming out, it was no longer a serious problem and he was completely able to pass the fire. He saw the Wei army charging up continuously from there.
"Wait for the enemy to get close, and then use rolling stones and wood to attack the enemy. This section of the mountain road is the most dangerous. All the traps and other traps have been destroyed by the Wei army. Now we can only rely on ourselves. Everyone listen to my order. I will give the order and go to
Throwing down the wood and rolling stones, the archers and crossbowmen all fired accurately to ensure that an arrow penetrated an enemy. Do you understand?" Zhang Ren shouted loudly.
"clear!"
Although Zhang Ren is in the position of a general, he did not bring out this group of soldiers. However, these soldiers are all elite men brought by Zhao Yun. Naturally, they will not be any worse. As the saying goes, there is no weak soldier under a strong general.
, exactly this reason.
Zhang Ren stared at the Wei soldiers rushing up from the mountain and immediately shouted: "Start attacking!"
This section of the fortress was built on a mountain ridge and was a relatively vertical section of the entire Dingjun Mountain. The slope was extremely steep. Zhang Ren and others were condescending and began to counterattack the advancing Wei army.
"Rumble..."
The rolling stones and wood kept rolling down, killing and injuring many Wei soldiers. Some other soldiers used large bows and repeating crossbows to shoot accurately. The first wave of two to three hundred Wei soldiers who rushed up were all killed.
All died in battle.
Upon seeing this, a general of the Wei army hurriedly ordered to stop the attack, then summoned the archers, took out the armor-piercing awl, and began to fire arrows continuously towards the mountain.
The two armies began to shoot at each other. Although the Wei army had armor-piercing cones, they were shooting from bottom to top, which increased the difficulty a lot. On the contrary, it was not as accurate as the Chinese army's continuous crossbows, nor was it as fast as the continuous crossbows.
A large number of casualties soon occurred.
Many soldiers of the Huaxia Army were shot through the heart and lungs by Wei Army soldiers and died on the spot. The soldiers responsible for carrying the corpses carried the corpses to the mountain stronghold. Those who were seriously injured were brought to the mountain stronghold for treatment by military doctors. Those with minor injuries were
Then stick to your position and not give in an inch of ground.
After a fierce exchange of fire, the Wei army's first wave of attacks was officially repulsed, leaving only corpses on the ground.
Cao Cao personally set up a temporary command center halfway up the mountain. He couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he saw that the barriers built by Zhang Ren surrounded the main entrance to the mountain in a ring. The rest of the area was covered with rock walls with a vertical height of tens of meters.
"Your Majesty, let me go. If this continues, it will be difficult to break through the enemy's defense. I will lead the Tiger Guard soldiers to climb up the rocks from dangerous areas on both sides. Maybe I can attack the Chinese army by surprise." Xu Chu saw this.
, said immediately.
"No! If you stay, it will be of great use. Let someone call Meng Da!" Cao Cao stared at Zhang Ren on the mountain and couldn't help but come up with a plan.
"According to the order!"
Not long after, Meng Da ran from the bottom of the mountain, came to Cao Cao's side, cupped his fists and said: "General Meng Da, I bow to your Majesty, long live long live, long live long live."
Cao Cao asked: "General Meng, do you know who among our troops is close to Zhang Ren?"
Meng Da replied: "The admonishment official Wang Lei, the chariot and cavalry general Huang Quandu and Zhang Ren have a close friendship."
"Well, Huang Gongheng is leading an army of 70,000 people behind him. He won't be here for a while. You go and call Wang Lei and ask him to go up the mountain to persuade Zhang Ren to surrender. After that is done, I will make him a candidate." Cao Cao said.
"I obey the decree."
Meng Da turned around and went down the mountain, rushing to the camp to see Wang Lei.
Wang Lei was doing nothing in the camp, walking aimlessly, but his face was very nervous, and in his heart he was always worried about Zhang Ren. Suddenly, he saw Meng Da coming, and asked: "You
What are you here for?"
"Master Wang, after all, we were once ministers in the same palace, why are you so lukewarm to me?" Meng Da saw Wang Lei walking into the tent in a bad mood, so he followed him in and said with a smile.
"We have different paths and we don't want to conspire against each other. You take your Yangguan Road, and I cross my single-plank bridge. We will never come back to each other until we die." There was still great anger in Wang Lei's heart. When the Wei army came to the city, two people appeared in Chengdu.
There are two factions, one is the capitulation faction and the other is the resistance faction. Unfortunately, Wang Lei and Meng Da are not in the same camp. Wang Lei, Huang Quan, Zhang Song and others advocated fighting to the death without surrender, but Meng Da and some other officials advocated surrender.
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Finally, Liu Zhang followed the advice of the surrender faction and took the initiative to open the city and surrender. As a result, the Han State entrenched in the Bashu area perished five years after its founding. However, the people on the Chengdu Plain were spared the suffering of the war.
, it has advantages and disadvantages.
Afterwards, Cao Cao treated Liu Zhang kindly and made Liu Zhang the king of Shu. He moved to Bajun and reused Huang Quan, Wang Lei, Zhang Song and other factions that persisted in resisting, but instead demoted the surrendering faction. As a result, Huang Quan was named a chariot general, and Wang
Tired of admonishing the officials, Zhang
General Song was a great craftsman, but Wu Yi, Fei Shi, Li Yan, Meng Da and others who advocated surrender did not receive high-ranking officials and generous salaries, but their official positions were neither promoted nor demoted, and they still maintained their original positions, saying that they were waiting to regain Qinzhou.
, and the reward will be given after Liangzhou.
Zhang Ren led his troops outside and heard the news that Liu Zhang had surrendered without a fight. In addition, his wife and daughter had died tragically in Cao Cao's massacre. Out of anger, he led an army to fight Cao Cao in Langzhong, Ba County.
He openly rebelled. Later, he was attacked by Xiahou Dun and Suoxu armies. After the defeat, he fled with the remaining troops and went to Chenggu County, Hanzhong County, where he became a bandit.
Cao Cao also specially issued a wanted order to search for Zhang Ren and others nationwide. Later, Gao Fei passed by Chenggu County to capture Zhang Ren and others. After all, it was Cao Cao who made Gao Fei's wedding dress.
Seeing that Wang Lei was angry, Meng Da said: "This moment, that moment. Your Excellency, I, Meng Da, am not greedy for life and afraid of death. It's just that the situation was tense at that time and I had no choice but to do it. What's more, after the surrender, the people in Chengdu were all
Saved the pain of war. Now Wei
The army is recovering the lost ground, and the Huaxia Army is a very powerful opponent. The King of Shu did not listen to Fa Xiaozhi's advice, which led to today's defeat. However, it is not impossible to reverse the defeat. I have Fa Xiaozhi here.
This letter will be known to you after you read it."
Wang Lei rolled his eyes at Meng Da and took the letter from Fazheng from Meng Da's hand. After reading it, he couldn't help but frowned. The original anger on his face had long since disappeared, and he immediately asked: "This is
Is it really written by Fa Xiaozhi?"
"Of course, it is written in black and white and cannot be denied. In fact, when Wei came to attack Shu, Xiaozhi anticipated the outcome as soon as the war started. At the same time, Xiaozhi was far-sighted and estimated that the Chinese army would not miss the opportunity and would definitely lead troops to attack Wei. When the time came,
Cao Cao
The old thief would naturally return to the army for rescue, and then he formulated this plan to restore the country, so he contacted all the ministers in the court. However, things were unpredictable, and this plan was rejected by the King of Shu. Fa Xiaozhi angered the King of Shu again.
Only then was he relegated, so that this plan never
It has been stranded for a long time. However, now the opportunity has come. The Chinese army has captured Liangzhou and Qinzhou. The Wei army is fighting the Chinese army, which is the time to launch this plan. This time there are 100,000 troops, of which 30,000
He is our general in Shu. If we can
If it is used well enough, there is hope for the restoration of the country. Fa Xiaozhi was demoted to Zhang Ren's army. When Zhang Ren surrendered to the Huaxia Army, Fa Xiaozhi would definitely surrender with him. I think that the masterpiece of Hanzhong is precisely Fa Xiaozhi's strategy.
." Meng Da said carefully.
After hearing this, Wang Lei burned the letter and immediately said: "If this is true, then once the country is restored, we can welcome the King of Shu back..."
After hearing this, Meng Da's expression immediately changed and he asked: "Your Majesty, do you still have confidence in the King of Shu? Compared with the King of Shu and the Emperor of China, in your opinion, which one has more strength to protect Shu?"
"Of course it is His Majesty the Great Emperor of China of China, but the King of Shu is our master. This is the code of ethics, how can we violate it?" Wang Lei said foolishly and loyally.
Meng Da stopped talking, there was just silence for a while.
"Is this why you came to me?" Wang Lei asked.
"Of course not. Cao Cao asked you to persuade Zhang Ren to surrender. I think this is the opportunity. You can pretend to ask Zhang Ren to surrender, and then at night, there will be an uprising in the camp. I will lead the old troops to respond, and it will definitely be possible.
Kill the old thief Cao Cao!" Meng Da smiled evilly.
Wang Lei said: "This is a wonderful plan and it suits my purpose. Please take me there quickly."
So, Meng Da took Wang Lei to the hillside of Dingjun Mountain, and then paid homage to Cao Cao.
"Wang Lei, a humble minister, I bow to Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!" As soon as Wang Lei saw Cao Cao, his eyes were full of anger. He lowered his head and thought secretly in his heart, "Old thief Cao Cao, you won't live long.