When the news of Wang Lang's death spread, tens of thousands of Wei army soldiers were in an uproar, and there was a commotion in the formation.
Seeing Ma Su's victory in the first battle, Zhuge Liang was overjoyed. He pointed his fan at Cao Zhen and said in a deep voice: "I won't take advantage of your danger today. You can go back and reorganize the army and horses for a decisive battle tomorrow."
Hearing this, Ma Su said anxiously: "Prime Minister, why do you want to withdraw your troops? At this time, the Wei army's formation is in chaos. If we let our horses charge forward, even if we don't win a big victory, we will still have a small victory!"
Zhuge Liang glanced at Ma Su expressionlessly:
"Supervisor, are you teaching me how to do things?"
I'm teaching you how to fight... Ma Su's momentum suddenly weakened, and he was completely caught by the words "supervisor under the tent", so he had to retreat angrily and get out of the way.
Zhuge Liang stood on the four-wheeled wooden cart, waved his hand, and the Shu army slowly turned around and retreated.
On the opposite side, the Wei army also turned against them and rolled up their flags.
Cao Zhen ordered people to put Wang Lang's body in a coffin and send people to send it back to the camp.
Lieutenant General Hao Zhao looked far away in the direction of Chencang City and said: "Grand Commander, we need to prevent Zhuge Liang from coming to rob the stronghold while our army is attending a funeral tonight."
"How about dividing into three groups, lying outside the camp, waiting for the troops to arrive, surrounding them and annihilating them!"
Cao Zhen was deeply convinced and praised: "Bo Dao's plan coincides with mine."
Then he ordered the three generals Wang Shuang, Cao Zun, and Zhu Zan to each lead 10,000 troops to lie in wait on the east, west, and north sides of the camp. When they saw Shu soldiers coming to kill them at night, they rushed out together, gathered together, and wiped them out.
When the Shu army came, they withdrew their troops and returned to the camp.
The three generals accepted the plan and led their troops away.
After the distribution was completed, Cao Zhen said to Hao Zhao: "The two of us will each lead an army and lie down outside Chencang City to intercept the Shu army's return route. Only in this way can we win a complete victory!"
Hao Zhao nodded and added: "You should also pile up firewood in the stronghold, place straw men, and leave a few people to look after you. If the Shu soldiers arrive, light a fire as a signal, and then our army will attack from all sides..."
Speaking of the wonderful thing, the two generals looked at each other and smiled.
"Hahaha……"
"Wonderful!" Cao Zhen exclaimed, stroking his hands.
The plan was decided, and the two of them split up to make preparations. They waited until dark and quickly led the troops into position.
On the other side, Zhuge Liang returned to the city and gathered the generals to discuss military plans.
Ma Su, the governor of the tent, stood at the edge and listened.
Zhuge Liang first called Wei Yan, and Zhao Yun came closer and ordered: "Tonight you two can order the soldiers in our headquarters to rest early, get up at the second watch, leave the city at the third watch, put on Wei army uniforms, wrap their arms with white cloth, and go to rob the Wei stronghold. I saw you on the way.
When the Wei army returned to the camp, they did not need to answer any questions. They only charged forward and killed them for a while, then circled around the camp to the northeast."
When Wei Yan heard this, he cupped his hands with a worried look on his face and said, "Prime Minister, Cao Zhen knows the art of war very well, and he must have expected that our army would take advantage of the funeral to rob the stronghold. Wouldn't he be careful?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "I have expected that Cao Zhen has expected that our army is going to rob the stronghold, and he will ambush his troops on three sides of the camp, around Chencang. When our troops pass by, they will come to cut off my retreat. Therefore, I ordered you two to wear Wei army uniforms."
, lead the troops forward at the third watch, and you will encounter Wei soldiers returning to the camp on the way. You only need to follow behind, take advantage of the situation to attack them, and then walk around the camp. If you make trouble in the chaos, the other troops will cover themselves up and kill each other."
Zhao Yun asked suspiciously: "Since the prime minister had already expected that Cao Zhen expected that our army would go to rob the stronghold, why did he set off at midnight?"
Zhuge Liang smiled slightly and was about to explain when he suddenly heard Ma Su interrupt:
"Two generals, don't worry, and go ahead with confidence. This wave of prime ministers is on the third floor, and Cao Zhen is only on the second floor."
Everyone was confused by this sentence.
But I still roughly understand the meaning: the Prime Minister is more intelligent than Cao Zhen.
This is enough.
Zhao Yun and Wei Yan accepted the order and led their troops away.
Zhuge Liang glanced at the talkative Ma Su expressionlessly, and called Guan Xing again. Zhang Bao came closer and ordered:
"You two each lead an army. You will set off after the fourth watch and ambush ten miles outside the Wei army camp. However, you see that the Wei army is killing each other. Don't pay attention to it. Just wait until dawn breaks and rush into the Wei camp."
In Guanxing, Zhang Bao accepted the plan and led his troops there.
The two of them are still very young. They have perfectly inherited the characteristics of their parents. They are brave and good at fighting and simple-minded. They have always regarded Zhuge Liang as a god. Even if they have questions, they will not ask them.
They think that when they lead troops to fight and that's it, why do they ask so many questions?
More hands and less talk is the way to go.
There is nothing that cannot be solved by a full-scale assault.
If so, then attack with the whole army again!
After watching the two men leave, Zhuge Liang summoned four generals, Ma Dai, Wang Ping, Zhang Yi, and Zhang Yi, and ordered them to set out at five o'clock in the morning and disperse in the wilderness to attack the defeated Wei army on all sides.
After the deployment was completed, it was already dusk. Zhuge Liang had some snacks and led the remaining generals to the top of Chencang City to observe the movement.
Ma Su followed closely behind, opening and closing his mouth, wanting to speak but stopping several times.
Zhuge Liang looked at the night for a while, turned his head and asked, "You Chang, if you have something to say, it's okay to say it."
Ma Di shook his head repeatedly: "The general is just a subordinate, I dare not say anything."
Originally, if Ma Su had said it out loud, Zhuge Liang might not have taken it seriously. After all, he had an IQ of over 200 and thought everything through, no matter how big or small.
There is nothing to worry about.
But this kind of hesitation in speaking made Zhuge Liang feel unhappy and made him look downcast.
Ma Su knew that he could no longer sell things, so he quickly said: "Prime Minister, I think you are treating things unfairly!"
"What's unfair? Tell me." Zhuge Liang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it turned out to be such a trivial matter.
I think Zhuge Liang set an example by doing things without leaking water, and he carried a bowl of water extremely smoothly.
Treating things unfairly? That must not be talking about him!
Ma Su smiled secretly: "Prime Minister, according to military law, merit is rewarded and delinquency is punished, right?"
At that time, the waning moon was slanting to the west, there was still light, and there was a hazy silvery light all around.
Zhuge Liang looked straight at Ma Su, nodded, made a listening gesture, and thought to himself at the same time:
‘I want to hear, where is this prime minister unfair in his dealings?!’
"By the way, the crime of slandering the coach is not small. If you, Ma Su, don't tell me tonight, I will remove you from the command and demote you to an ordinary civilian soldier!"
'You are too young to fight with me.'
'Your Ma Su is indeed a piece of beautiful jade, but it needs to be polished hard before you can use it. Before I polish you well, do you still want to command an army?'
'hehe……'
From Zhuge Liang's wise and unpredictable expression, Ma Di could probably guess that the former must be plotting against him.
But he wasn't panicked at all.
Anyway, he is already a subordinate supervisor. Is there any room for reduction in his position?
If you die, the bird will face the sky. If you don't die for tens of millions of years, what are you afraid of?
As a talented man, you must dare to let go of your courage and compete with your idol in a battle of wits and courage!
What if I can defeat the Prime Minister with just one move...
That's enough to last a lifetime.
Besides, he was 100% sure this time and didn't panic at all.
"Prime Minister, today in front of the two armies, if the general scolded Wang Lang to death, can this be considered meritorious?"
Oops, I forgot about this... Zhuge Liang's mind changed rapidly, but his expression remained unchanged. He just shook his fan and thought of a perfect excuse.
So he said calmly: "The war is not over yet. We will settle the matter after the war tomorrow as soon as we receive military merit."
"Youchang, isn't this reasonable?"
"It's reasonable, it's reasonable..." Ma Su suddenly felt like crying, and instantly realized that his IQ was far, far different from Zhuge Cheng's.