Chapter 297 The Battle of Shu Destroying Wei (under Shouyang Mountain)
Chapter 297 The battle of Shu to destroy Wei (at the foot of Shouyang Mountain)
The water of the Yellow River flows eastward for thousands of miles, and flows straight down for seven hundred miles.
To make a sneak attack, Ma Su divided his 20,000 soldiers into two groups. One group was led by the four generals Zhang, Huang, Li and Yang, who disembarked from the upper reaches of Mengjin Ferry to attack Luoyang; the other group was led by him and Wei Yan and went downstream to Shouyang Mountain. Go and capture Cao Rui.
Ma Di was not worried at all about the four generals. Although there were 10,000 Wei imperial guards in Luoyang City, most of them were soldiers who had never been on the battlefield, and there were no strong generals in charge. They could not stop the four generals and were armed to the teeth. Ten thousand Shu soldiers.
Ma Su was worried about his own journey. After all, there were 20,000 troops traveling with Cao Rui, but he and Wei Yan only brought 10,000 elite troops. Their combat effectiveness was no worse than that of the Wei army, but don't forget that Shouyang Mountain is steep. Easy to defend but difficult to attack.
In the simulation scenario, the Shu army lost 3,000 men before they managed to attack the mountain. After a bloody battle with the Wei army, only more than 2,000 men were left.
The damage was so great that Ma Su even had a toothache.
Therefore, in this battle, he deliberately replaced the four generals used to attack the mountain in the simulated scene with General Wei Yan to see if his own soldiers could die less. After all, this was a battle in the hinterland of Wei State, and the soldiers suffered too many losses. After that it was difficult to control the situation.
Ma Su's plan was to advance to the foot of Shouyang Mountain first, form a siege on the Wei army who was worshiping the mausoleum, and then make the next plan based on the battle situation. Whether to fight or not is up to me, not him. According to the previous simulation scenario Look, Shouyang Mountain is very large, with as many as three or four roads going down the mountain. Ma Su didn't want to show off his invincibility at the beginning and scare the opponent away.
The best strategy is to pretend to be a group of bandits, lure Cao Shuang to take the initiative to lead his army to attack, and then annihilate the main force of the Wei army on the ground in one fell swoop to establish victory.
Therefore, the 10,000 soldiers used to attack Shouyang Mountain were all dressed in various colors. None of them wore Shu army uniforms, nor did they carry the banner of Shu army. They looked like a group of bandits and bandits who had fled here.
When the Shu army arrived at the foot of Shouyang Mountain, Cao Rui and his party had just climbed to the hillside of Shouyang Mountain. When they saw a large number of "thieves" coming from the bottom of the mountain and rushing towards the 10,000 Wei troops stationed at the foot of the mountain, both the emperor and his ministers were shocked. I was shocked.
The Wei Dynasty has been in control of the Central Plains for almost 40 years. I dare not say that all the people live and work in peace and contentment, at least the country is peaceful and the people are safe. How could it be impossible to cultivate such a large group of thieves around the capital Luoyang.
This is simply unbelievable!
When the Shu army charged at the Wei army, the Wei army also discovered the Shu army's intentions. After learning about it, Cao Shuang only expressed limited surprise at this group of "thieves" and waved his hand to order the entire army to attack and severely defeat the group of thieves.
He had full confidence in the Wei Imperial Army.
Therefore, when the Wei army in fine armor began to roar out of the camp, Cao Shuang was standing on the platform on the mountainside looking down. His three younger brothers, Cao Xi, the leader of the center, and Cao Xun, the captain of the north gate , Cao Yan, the regular attendant of Sanqi, accompanied him.
Sikong Gaorou was ordered by Cao Rui to go down from the Shouyang Mausoleum on the mountainside to the platform and came to Cao Shuang. He looked down and said solemnly: "Uncle Zhao, this group of thieves came by chance. Our army has just arrived." When we got here, they came before the camp was set up. Do you think they are Shu soldiers pretending to be?"
"Sikong, you are worrying too much!"
Cao Shuang waved his hand, disapproving of this statement, "This group of audacious thieves actually dared to attack the Imperial Guards and frighten His Majesty, haha... I will let them know what cruelty is!"
While they were talking, the two armies had already exchanged hands, and the fighting was fierce.
As soon as the two sides came into contact, the Wei army was in a rout, and its formation was instantly dispersed.
The thieves in bandit costumes were as brave as a savage who had eaten five stones. When the long sword passed by, the Wei soldiers fell directly to the ground. After the Wei soldiers' weapons slashed at them, the opponent did not do anything wrong, and he just stabbed them with his backhand.
The two sides only fought for a stick of incense on the plains at the foot of the mountain, and about one-fifth of the 10,000 Wei troops were killed. The "thieves and bandits" suffered almost no casualties.
At a glance, the brown-yellow crowd representing the Forbidden Army was shrinking, and was gradually being semi-surrounded by thieves wearing colorful costumes.
Cao Shuang was so surprised that his jaw almost dropped.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"Whose general is this? How can he be so brave?"
"There is absolutely no such strong soldier in the world, absolutely not!"
Seeing that the Wei army at the foot of the mountain was completely defeated, Gao Rou sighed, "Uncle Zhao, hurry up and withdraw your troops."
Cao Shuang shook his head: "No need, they have already returned."
While they were talking, Wei troops kept leaving the battlefield and fleeing up the mountain without their lives.
The group of thieves didn't give chase, they just shouted loudly at the foot of the mountain with their swords raised, shouting, "Is this what the Wei imperial army can do? Hoo, ho, ho..."
Cao Shuang's face was livid and he was so angry that he couldn't speak.
He had just boasted that the Wei imperial army was invincible. In less than half an hour, he had lost five to six thousand men and was severely slapped in the face.
He was so confused that he didn't know what to do now?
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At the foot of the mountain.
Ma Di looked at Wei Yan, who was dressed as a bandit leader: "Chang Wen, what do you think Wei Jun will do next?"
Wei Yan stopped raising his sword and shouted, thought for a moment and said, "Youchang, I think Cao Shuang's courage is broken now, so he must stick to the poor mountain, send people down the mountain by other roads, and mobilize troops to rescue Cao Rui."
"However, no matter what Cao Shuang does, he can't escape Xiao Changqian's calculations." After experiencing ups and downs, Wei Yan finally realized the importance of having a good relationship with his colleagues and knew when to say what to say.
Ma Di nodded, "Where do you think Cao Shuang will mobilize his troops to rescue the emergency?"
After saying this, Ma Di set up a pergola and looked down at the Wei army who was waiting in formation down the mountain. Then he turned and walked towards the camp three miles away. By this time, the Shu army had almost set up camp.
Wei Yan followed Ma Su's example and glanced towards the mountain, turned around and followed, and said after careful consideration: "Hedong is the closest to here, and there are more than 20,000 horses. I guess Cao Shuang will send people across the river to Hedong."
Ma Su glanced at Wei Yan and said, "Hedong? How many troops can he mobilize?"
Wei Yan was a little unsure: "One, ten thousand..."
Ma Di asked back: "Is ten thousand soldiers and horses enough? Can it defeat our useless flying army?"
Wei Yan shook his head: "Of course not."
"You can see this situation, do you think Cao Shuang can't?" Ma Di stared at Wei Yan, "Chang Wen, think about it again, where Cao Shuang will mobilize his troops."
Although Hedong is close, there are too few troops and horses, and he has to guard against the Xianbei people going south. Cao Shuang will definitely not send troops to rescue them from here, because these troops and horses are simply not enough.
After this battle, both sides basically had a clear judgment on each other's combat effectiveness. Ma Di did not think that Cao Shuang would mobilize troops from Hedong.
There is only one place nearby that can quickly support Luoyang, and that is Chang'an, which is seven hundred miles away.
There are still 100,000 Wei troops in Chang'an.
If Sima Yi abandons Chang'an and fights back quickly, it will only take three days at most to trap the Shu army that sneaked into Luoyang to death at the foot of Mang Mountain.
The Shu army wearing silkworm plate armor may be able to make Cao Shuang helpless, but they will never be able to hide it from an old fox like Sima Yi.
Plate armor is afraid of fire, and will be gone if it burns.
Therefore, there is not much time for the Shu army to operate.
In four days, four days at most, Sima Yi might come back.
