Chapter 299 The Battle of Shu Destroying Wei (Rush Up the Mountain!)
Chapter 299 The battle between Shu and Wei (rush up the mountain!)
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At the foot of Shouyang Mountain, the armies of Shu and Wei were still at a stalemate.
The sky gradually darkened.
Cao Shuang looked at the army of "thieves and bandits" at the foot of the mountain, then turned his attention to Cao Xi, Cao Xun, and Cao Yan, and ordered: "Second brother, I will assign you three thousand men to guard the path north of the mountain; third brother, I will also give you Three thousand men, go and guard the mountain road south of the mountain; fourth brother, you also lead three thousand men and horses to guard the road up the mountain in Shandong. These roads are related to your majesty's safety, so you must not be careless."
"Yes, brother, I will obey you!"
Cao Xi, Cao Xun, and Cao Yan saluted with clasped fists, received the order with both hands, and strode away.
Cao Shuang glanced at Gao Rou and was quite proud of his personnel arrangements.
Gao Rou was a civil servant and didn't know how to fight. He didn't know whether Cao Shuang's arrangement was reasonable or not. He just had an intuition that it was inappropriate to spread his troops so thinly.
What should we do if the group of bandits at the bottom of the mountain come to attack us in the middle of the night? There are only 3,000 people guarding the place on the three sides, how can we stop nearly 10,000 powerful bandits?
But Cao Shuang was Cao Rui's "fat slave". Gao Rou didn't say much, just turned around and went up the mountain to report the situation to Cao Rui truthfully.
After the defensive strategy was determined, the entire Wei army began to take advantage of the situation. The soldiers began to continuously transport large rocks to various intersections and stack them up. More soldiers were divided into groups of three or five and began to go down the mountain. For logging, start cutting down trees based on four intersections to prevent bandits from setting fire to the mountain at night.
Since the story of Ma Di's "cutting down all the trees on Nanshan Mountain to prevent fire attacks" in the Battle of Jieting spread, all generals in the world regard this approach as necessary common sense to defend the mountain.
Standing alone in a poor mountain, there are only two things you fear most, one is lack of water, and the other is fire. And Shouyang Mountain is huge, with more than one water source on the mountain, enough for ten thousand people to eat. Now we only need to nip the fire hazard in the bud. In the meantime, you can sit back and relax.
Looking from a distance, the entire Wei army on Shouyang Mountain looks like a nest of busy ants, with clear division of labor and orderly order.
The Wei army built fortifications very quickly.
When it got completely dark, tall village towers had been erected at four intersections on the mountainside, and the soldiers had already hid in the camp behind the village towers and began to enjoy dinner.
I don't know which of the surviving soldiers who participated in the battle under the mountain started, but an extremely suppressed cry first sounded in the camp to the west, and quickly spread to the entire army.
The group of "thieves" at the foot of the mountain brought them not only the shock of invulnerability, but also the ruthless ferocity. All the soldiers shuddered when they thought that they had harvested nearly 6,000 lives as coldly as crushing ants to death.
This night, this group of soldiers of the Wei Imperial Army who had never been on the battlefield were destined to be unable to sleep peacefully.
That scene during the day was so bloody!
They may have been timid and scared at the time, but now they are fearful and endlessly fearful.
That group of "thieves" really killed Wei soldiers like animals...
Gao Rou hurriedly ran down from the tomb above and asked, "Uncle Zhao, what happened?"
"Why do soldiers cry? Where is the military law?!"
Cao Shuang shook his head, "Master Sikong, the law does not punish the public."
"Maybe they'll be okay after they cry."
Cao Shuang has fought in wars and knows that life and death, blood and fire are the processes that every soldier must go through. Those who have the courage to pick up swords and guns after crying and fear are qualified soldiers. And those who do not have the courage to pick up swords and guns are qualified soldiers. Those who use swords and guns will be eliminated.
This is also the reason why a country with 400,000 young men and women can only recruit at most 100,000 soldiers - not everyone is qualified to be a soldier.
Gao Rou did not continue to dwell on this matter. After thinking about it, he said, "Uncle Zhao, your Majesty is very angry. Can you hold on tonight?"
"Yes, yes." Cao Shuang assured, patting his chest, but he didn't have any confidence in his heart. After seeing the ferocity of the "thieves", he also had doubts about the next situation.
It's not that he didn't want to take His Majesty down the mountain to escape from another road, go to Yecheng or Xuchang, and then recruit troops to serve the king. However, after seeing the wind-like walking speed of the bandits down the mountain, Cao Shuang wisely chose to stay on the mountain. Not going either.
Moreover, Cao Shuang was 99% certain that the man at the foot of the mountain must be Ma Su.
Because the soldiers under Ma Su had a remarkable characteristic: they ran extremely fast. At such a running speed, it was absolutely impossible for the Wei army to escape. They would probably be overtaken after running thirty or forty miles.
After Gao Rou conveyed Cao Rui's will, he walked up the mountain with square steps.
Cao Shuang had been standing at the intersection on the west side of the mountainside, staring straight at the bandit camp below, saying nothing for a long time.
He actually learned about the fall of Luoyang half an hour ago. The news was sent by Taiwei Jiang Ji using a carrier pigeon.
But Cao Shuang did not dare to tell Cao Rui, his three younger brothers, or anyone else about the news. Once the news spread among the army, the already low morale of the sergeants would instantly sink to the bottom.
But some things cannot be kept secret if you want to.
Early the next morning, noises came from the mountains: the bandits put their hands to their mouths and shouted in unison, "The capital Luoyang has fallen, why didn't Cao Shuang surrender early..."
Hearing these words, the Wei soldiers looked down in panic, and then all looked at the commander-in-chief Cao Shuang.
Cao Shuang drew out his sword and said righteously: "These are just the words of thieves to mess up the morale of our army. Don't believe it. The city of Luoyang is high and the pond is deep. There are still 10,000 forbidden troops in the city. How can a mere bandit break the capital of Wei Dynasty?!" "
The soldiers thought the same thing and calmed down one after another.
After a night of buffering, the impact of yesterday's killing on them has slowed down, and most of the soldiers are already transforming into real soldiers.
As soon as Cao Shuang calmed everyone down, Cao Rui called him up.
Cao Rui was kneeling to worship in front of Cao Pi's tomb. When he saw Cao Shuang approaching, he stood up and asked sternly whether the "fall of Luoyang" was true.
Cao Shuang retreated from everyone and told the truth.
Cao Rui slumped back and knelt down, his eyes filled with disappointment. The monarch and his ministers looked at each other speechlessly.
The day passed peacefully, and the bandits did not forcefully attack the mountain.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, silently calculating the time for reinforcements to arrive.
In two days, or at most two days, Sima Yi's reinforcements could come back from Chang'an and cut these bandits of unknown origin into pieces.
The monarchs and ministers of the Wei Dynasty felt extremely aggrieved when they thought that more than 10,000 Wei Imperial Guards and Emperor Cao Rui were blocked on the mountain and did not dare to move.
It’s so frustrating!
The third day was still a sunny day, with a bright red sun and no clouds. The good weather conditions made the field of vision very broad.
Before most of the soldiers woke up, Cao Shuang, escorted by several personal guards, stood on the mountainside platform to observe the enemy's situation.
One day, one more day, Sima Yi's reinforcements should be back.
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw a man from the bandit army riding out on horseback, shot an arrow towards the mountain, and then retreated with great force.
A soldier had already picked up the arrow with the letter tied to it. Cao Shuang fell into deep thought after looking at it.
As he expected, the man at the foot of the mountain was indeed Ma Di, the general of Shu Han's expedition to the west. Ma Di said in the letter: The inner city of Luoyang has been destroyed, and all the family members of the ministers, including the emperor, have been captured, and he gave Cao Rui a three-day deadline. Surrender unconditionally. Otherwise, we will kill you all the way up the mountain and leave no trace behind.
Cao Shuang initially thought that Ma Su would only have a deadline of one day at most, but he didn't expect it to be three days.
So he cheerfully took the letter and went up the mountain to show it to Cao Rui and the accompanying ministers, telling them that the reinforcements would be back within a day.
Cao Rui was overjoyed when he heard this and returned to Cao Pi's tomb to worship, thanking his father's spirit in heaven for blessing the Wei Dynasty and averting danger.
At the same time, at the foot of the mountain.
"Youchang, why do you give them three days? I can lead my army to the mountain today and capture Cao Rui alive!" Wei Yan said anxiously, he did not understand Ma Su's actions.
The victory is already guaranteed, so why delay?
Charge, charge up the mountain, Wei will be destroyed!
Ma Su smiled and shook his head, "Don't be impatient, sir. I have my own plan. I can capture Cao Rui alive without spending a single soldier."
Wei Yan endured his temper and sat down, wondering: "Cao Rui will tie his hands and go down the mountain to surrender?"
"Of course!" Ma Su nodded firmly.
In the past two days, he has been constantly simulating battle situations.
When he found out that Sima Yi did not return reinforcements, but only Xiahou Ba came back with 20,000 troops, he decided to play a big game!
By the way, in another time and space, the humiliation suffered by the Shu Han when it fell was returned to Cao Wei.
