Outside the city of Shanggui, there is the camp of the Shu army.
Zhuge Liang stared at the street pavilion with his eyes fixed on the news, and remained silent for a long time.
After a beast wave, coupled with the deaths of the Wei army who failed to attack the mountain, only more than 20,000 people were left in the 50,000-strong vanguard army. They retreated sixty miles away to the village at Longdikou, waiting for the arrival of follow-up troops.
Ma Su won, a big victory!
And it doesn’t cost a single soldier.
Such a record is only a little bit worse than if he, the prime minister, took action personally.
A child can be of great use!
There is a successor to Shu Han!
Zhuge Liang was very pleased to put down the battle report.
Either because he was too happy, or because he felt that there was hope for the restoration of the Han Dynasty, he stretched out his hand tremblingly and wiped his sore eyes.
There was a glistening moistness on my fingers.
For a moment, I felt that my shoulders seemed much lighter.
God knows how heavy this heavy burden is!
The late emperor had only passed away for more than four years, but Zhuge Liang had aged more than ten years.
In the past, the Confucian Prime Minister was already in his twilight years, carrying his broken body, uniting his will and advancing his troops to the north.
It is difficult to sleep at night due to the unpleasant taste of food, and the hair on the temples is irritating.
This is the true portrayal of Zhuge Liang today.
Now, finally, someone can share the burden.
How can this not make people burst into tears!
Zhuge Liang's thoughts were flooded with mixed feelings for a while, and he thought of Liu Bei's dying instructions, "Ma Di exaggerates and cannot be used."
He immediately shook his head and laughed.
After hearing this, he actually felt a little guilty in his heart.
Since Ma Su led his troops to Jieting, in the past seven or eight days, there has been no day without fear and restlessness, fearing that he would suddenly receive the news that "Jieting was defeated and Ma Su's entire army was annihilated."
In fact, he did not agree with Ma Di leading the army in this battle to defend the street pavilion, because he considered that Liu Bei had a good sense of people and rarely made mistakes in his life.
However, Ma Su did not hesitate to issue a military order to "beg and kill the whole family", but also resolutely went to the street pavilion to prove himself.
Since Ma Di was conquered by Liu Bei in the 14th year of Jian'an (209 years), Zhuge Liang has known Ma Di for nearly twenty years and knows the latter's character well.
Strictly speaking, Ma Di was not just a boastful nerd. He had been familiar with military books since he was a child and was full of knowledge. In the past, at two important time points, thanks to Ma Di's clever tricks, the Shu Han Dynasty was able to turn a corner.
The first is "attacking the mind".
The Barbarian King Meng Huo rebelled and wreaked havoc in southern China. In the eyes of His Majesty (Liu Chan) and the ministers, it was just a minor disturbance. It was enough to send a general to conquer and put it down. There was no need for him, the prime minister, to personally lead the army.
But in Zhuge Liang's heart, the Southern Barbarians relied on the remoteness of the land and the dangers of the sky, and had always refused to obey the Shu Han regime. If he sent generals to conquer, even if the Southern Barbarians were defeated for a while, they would definitely be unconvinced, and it would be extremely easy to cause repeated rebellions.
In this way, there will never be peace in the rear.
He believed that the Southern Barbarians were a serious threat to the Shu Han's rear, and if they were not solved once and for all, it would seriously affect the Shu Han's subsequent Northern Expedition.
Therefore, when he humbly asked Ma Su for advice, the sixteen-character mantra that Ma Su offered, "attacking the heart is the top priority, attacking the city is the bottom; fighting with the heart is the top priority, and fighting with soldiers is the bottom priority." made him instantly enlightened, and directly sighed Ma Su's "
You know my heart and soul!"
In that southern expedition, Meng Huo was finally captured seven times, completely regaining the hearts of the southern barbarians and stabilizing the rear, so that the Shu Han could concentrate on preparing for the Northern Expedition.
The second is the "distancing strategy", which allowed the powerful enemy Sima Yi to be transferred from Xiliang and abandoned by the Wei State, which relieved the Shu Han's major worry.
After Cao Pi's death, Sima Yi stepped from behind the scenes to the front and took the initiative to train troops on the front lines of Yongliang and Liangzhou. This greatly alarmed Zhuge Liang, who had always been calm and calm. He knew that this was his strong enemy! His first thought at that time was
: Raise troops to attack him first!
Just imagine, wouldn't this give Sima Yi a good opportunity to display his military strength? Wouldn't it make Sima Yi's position more stable?
At the critical moment, it was Ma Su who came up with a plan to alienate Cao Rui: taking advantage of Cao Rui's suspicion of Sima Yi, he sent secret personnel to Luoyang and other places to spread rumors of Sima Yi's rebellion, and forged Sima Yi's announcement to the world... Cao Rui was shocked when he saw this.
On the advice of the ministers, Sima Yi was transferred from Xiliang and relieved of military power. This also relieved the Shu Han's urgent needs and bought time for preparations for the Northern Expedition.
In fact, most officials in the DPRK were pessimistic and opposed to the Northern Expedition, believing that this move was in vain. To weaken Shu and attack to strengthen Wei was actually going against the will of heaven, and it had no benefit other than wasting the national power of Shu Han.
This argument is recognized by most people.
But not including Ma Su.
In fact, Ma Su strongly advocated the Northern Expedition. He believed that the Wei State was too strong and could not be conquered without an expedition.
If Wei was not attacked, the Shu Han would just sit back and wait for death.
This view coincided with Zhuge Liang's, so he introduced Ma Di as a confidant and entrusted him with important tasks.
Fortunately, this time he made the right bet.
Yang Yi, who was waiting by the side, saw this and wondered: "Ma Su won the battle. This is a good thing. Why is the Prime Minister not happy but sad?"
Zhuge Liang controlled his almost out-of-control emotions, looked at Yang Yi expressionlessly, and sighed inwardly.
This kid really doesn't even have the basic ability to observe words and emotions... No wonder Wei Yan often beats him with a knife until he bursts into tears.
Is this really sad?
These are tears of joy!
Forget it, it's a happy day... Zhuge Liang didn't say much to Yang Yi about whether he was sad or happy, but pushed the battle report away.
Yang Yi picked up the battle report and read it carefully from beginning to end. She was stunned on the spot.
Previously, he only knew about Ma Su's victory in Jieting, but did not know the details.
Now I know.
It was indeed a great victory, a great victory in which not a single soldier was killed!
How could Ma Su be so good at fighting?
It is as if Sun Bin was alive and Wu Qi was reborn.
Why didn't anyone realize that he was so good at fighting before?
According to the battle report, Ma Di first divided his troops into two groups, one to garrison the mountain and the other to guard the main road. Ma Su's troops garrisoning the mountain were in the front, and Wang Ping's troops guarding the road were behind. The two sides acted as horns to each other.
This move prevented the Wei army from bypassing the street pavilion to attack Wang Ping's troops in the rear.
Next, Ma Su mobilized his soldiers to dig Tianchi on the top of the mountain to store water, and cut down all the trees on the southern mountain.
The purpose of storing water is to prevent the Wei army from cutting off the way to collect water, and to cut down trees is to prevent the Wei army from setting fire to the mountains.
After arranging these three steps, Ma Su was already in an invincible position.
But the more exciting thing is yet to come.
After encamping on the mountain, Ma Su sent his soldiers to scold the Wei army at the foot of the mountain every day, provoking the Wei army to attack the mountain.
In order to anger the Wei army, the soldiers used curse words that were as unpleasant as possible.
As expected, the Wei soldiers were quickly angered and spontaneously launched an attack on the mountain.
Then four to five thousand soldiers were killed on the mountainside and retreated in despair.
It was these four to five thousand unburied corpses and the smell of blood on the mountainside that attracted the wolves.
Upon seeing this, Ma Su had an idea and ordered Zhang Xiu, an expert in driving beasts in the army, to blow his whistle to induce more wild beasts to go crazy and gather around the street pavilion.
The Wei soldiers fought fiercely all night with the frantic beasts, and more than 15,000 people were killed.
If Zhang He hadn't ordered his people to set fire to all the surrounding peaks, scaring away many wild beasts, the entire army might have been wiped out...
Throughout this battle, Ma Su had far-reaching plans and interlocking strategies. Not only did he make Zhang He, a famous general in battles, helpless, but he was also able to adapt to emergencies and take advantage of the situation to turn unfavorable factors into favorable factors.
Doesn't this kind of commander-in-chief just echo the ultimate essence of the Prime Minister's sentence: "Everything in the world can be used by me if I am a commander-in-chief."
However, there are still some slight flaws.
Ma Di failed to take the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the Wei army.
It is said that the Wei soldiers fought fiercely with the beasts all night and suffered huge casualties. They were exhausted. If Ma Di led the army to rush down the mountain at this time...
The Wei army is all gone!
"Prime Minister, this... this... this Ma Su..." Yang Yi didn't know what to say.
Let's talk about Ma Di's cuisine. The weak defeated the strong and defeated Zhang He effortlessly.
Let's just say Ma Su is awesome. The opportunity to beat up a drowned dog was placed in front of him, but he actually remained indifferent.
It's really, really...
Zhuge Liang looked at Yang Yi, as if he could see through the latter's thoughts, slowly waved his fan, shook his head with a smile and said:
"It's not that Ma Su doesn't know how to seize opportunities, but that he refuses to take risks."
