Chapter 300 The Battle of Shu Destroying Wei (Thunderbolt)
Chapter 300 The battle between Shu and Wei (bolt from the blue)
Xiahou Ba led 20,000 soldiers, marched day and night, and finally reached the gates of Luoyang City at dusk on the third day. Seeing that the four gates of the city were closed, Xiahou Ba then walked eastward for another forty miles and arrived before it became dark.
Forty miles away to the west of Shouyang Mountain, a camp was set up.
They were very tired from marching all the way. He planned to let the soldiers rest for a night and then reassemble and go to Shouyang Mountain to rescue them tomorrow.
It was night, and Xiahou Ba took out the map drawn by the scout and looked at it carefully. The map was quite poorly drawn, but the basic terrain near Shouyang Mountain was still outlined. Soon Xiahou Ba focused on the bandits, that is, the bandits.
The place where the Shu army camped.
"What is Ma Di's intention in putting his army to camp here?"
Xiahou Ba stretched out his finger and pressed a certain point on the map, muttered to himself, and began to think deeply.
The place where the Shu army camped was three miles away to the west of Shouyang Mountain. It was on flat land and close to the water, making it easy to attack and difficult to defend. They put on a posture of "As long as you dare to attack me, I will lose to you."
But four days later, no one dared to sneak attack the Shu army. To be precise, Cao Shuang, who was afraid of being beaten, did not dare to even think about a sneak attack.
Xiahou Ba felt that the Shu army's camp site had room for maneuver. If he led his army to a sneak attack in the middle of the night and fought the Shu army unprepared, he might be able to catch the Shu army off guard. If Cao Shuang could lead his army down the mountain to respond at this time.
, the Shu army is likely to face a major defeat, or even be wiped out.
But it is a pity that the 20,000 soldiers under his command were extremely exhausted after three days and three nights of traveling. They fell asleep and squealed like dead pigs without being woken up. There was no need for a sneak attack tonight.
Xiahou Ba punched his thigh hard. The opportunity was right in front of him, but he couldn't grasp it. This made him sigh with regret!
Feeling regretful, Xiahou Ba couldn't help but have a question in his mind.
As the general of Shu's expedition to the west, Ma Su could not have known the disadvantages of camping on the ground without setting up a stronghold. If the enemy attacked at night, the Shu army would face great danger.
With Cao Shuang's current military strength and ability to command troops, it is very difficult to achieve this, but Cao Shuang is not the only idiot in the Wei State! There are many generals in the Wei State who can fight - for example, Xiahou Ba.
Ma Su also bullied me too much!
Xiahou Ba was angry and began to repeatedly think about Ma Di's purpose of camping in the open area.
The place where the Shu Army's camp was was like a piece of fat dangling in front of his eyes, which made him have the idea of a sneak attack. Where did Ma Di deliberately create such an obvious flaw?
After thinking for a long time without any clue, Xiahou Ba shook his head and secretly sighed that this guy named Ma was really a strange opponent.
In the past, at Jieting, everyone with some military knowledge thought that he was dead after going up the mountain. As a result, the guy stayed on the mountain leisurely for a month, and finally walked away in a big way.
During the Battle of Mian County, everyone thought that after Ma Su entered the ambush, there was no chance of survival. As a result, a cold wave fell from the sky and the entire Wei army was wiped out, leaving the Shu army unscathed.
There are many other shocking reversals like Zhang's, including this sneak attack on Luoyang 700 miles downstream. No one would have thought that Ma Su would be so bold and rush to Luoyang with only 20,000 horses.
Does Ma Su really think that every soldier under his command is Lu Bu? Are they brave enough to be worthy of all men?
This kind of behavior that extremely looked down upon the combat effectiveness of the Wei army was something Xiahou Ba could not tolerate.
Therefore, Xiahou Ba was holding his breath when he came to rescue him.
After thinking for a while, he couldn't figure out why Ma Su did this (exposing a flaw). Waves of sleepiness came over him. Xiahou Ba yawned and fell asleep.
Marching in a hurry for three consecutive days, even though he had a horse to do the walking, he was very tired.
When Xiahou Ba fell asleep, he did not know that he had been targeted. If he could predict the situation, he would never choose to camp forty miles away from the Shu army.
In the middle of the night, the sky was overcast, and the moon was covered by dark clouds, leaving only a trace of light.
Half a mile away from the Wei army camp, several people were talking softly.
"Youchang, the camp that came to support the Wei army looks very well maintained. It is still in a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Do we really want to sneak attack here? In fact, it would be better to sneak attack here than Shouyang Mountain."
Wei Yan's eyes widened and he looked at Ma Su who was so close and smiling in surprise.
Half of the reason for his opposition was that this sneak attack plan was too risky, and Xiahou Ba was not a mediocre general; and half was because a sneak attack here was far less reliable than a surprise attack on Shouyang Mountain, because Cao Shuang was an idiot, and Shouyang Mountain had fewer troops and the soldiers' combat effectiveness
lower.
"Just a sneak attack here!"
"Chang Wen, if you were Cao Rui and Cao Shuang, what situation would make you desperate?" Ma Su looked at Wei Yan with a confident look on his face.
"When the reinforcements were completely wiped out?!" Wei Yan couldn't help but blurt out after hearing what he said, "If I were Cao Rui or Cao Shuang, I would probably surrender after learning that the reinforcements were wiped out."
"That's right!" Ma Di nodded: "The best way is to subjugate the enemy without fighting. Our ultimate goal in launching the Northern Expedition is to unify the world and then call a truce. Therefore, we can make the enemy put down their weapons and behave obediently.
Surrender is the highest state of war."
Wei Yan didn't understand this truth very well, so he didn't answer the question. Instead, he said to Ma Su solemnly: "Youchang, can I get in?"
Ma Su nodded, "Go ahead. If you can annihilate Xiahou Ba's troops, I will remember you for your first contribution. I will recommend you to be reinstated in front of the prime minister. By the way, remember to save Xiahou Ba's life. After all, he is a close relative of the queen.
If you want the official to be reinstated, you cannot kill him."
"I've written it down, just take a look at it, You Chang!" Wei Yan waved his hands to the left and right, took the lead in holding the knife, and rushed towards the Wei army's camp in a strategic position.
Ma Su took a few soldiers and went up to the mountain nearby, looking at the place where the battle was about to take place.
The eighty-mile area from Luoyang to Shouyang Mountain is full of ravines and mountains running east-west. There is only a dirt road that is not very wide, which leads directly to Hulao Pass, 150 miles away in the east. The location where Xiahou Ba camped happened to be
A relatively narrow position is stuck in the middle of a ditch between two mountains. There is no access from north to south here. No matter whether you attack from the west or the east, you can only attack one position in the end.
Just from the location of the camp, we know that Xiahou Ba is by no means a mediocre person like Cao Shuang.
But Ma Su is sure to win this sneak attack battle.
The battle started soon.
The exhausted Wei army sentries did not realize that an enemy attack had occurred until the Shu army came forward and slashed their bodies with knives, but they had no chance to raise the alarm.
The battle went extremely smoothly, lasting only an hour.
When Xiahou Ba woke up from sleep, two knives were already placed on his neck. The Wei soldiers chose to put down their weapons and surrender as soon as they saw their general being captured.
By the time the situation was completely under control and the battle damage had been taken into account, Dongfang had already turned white, and it was already the fifth day.
Through mental calculation and unpreparedness, the 20,000 Wei army lost more than 4,000 people in the sneak attack, while the Shu army suffered very few casualties, which were almost negligible.
On this day, Cao Shuang, as always, got up early in the morning, looking eagerly to the west, looking forward to the arrival of reinforcements.
Finally, he waited for another letter and a bolt from the blue.
The 20,000 elite Wei troops who came to help were completely wiped out.
The general Xiahou Ba was also captured.
Ma Su gave a deadline in the letter, one day. If he did not surrender within one day, he would kill.
After reading the letter, Cao Shuang sat down outside.
