Chapter 369 Zhu Heng made blood, but Ma Su did not lose
Ziwu Valley, middle section.
The seventh day from Chang'an.
In a green and quiet valley, a breeze carried the fragrance of early spring. Ma Di closed his eyes and took a deep breath of fresh air. This was the first time he had commanded an army in four years and the first time in three lifetimes.
Marching from Ziwu Valley, the quiet and mineral environment made his body inexplicably feel a familiar sense of heroism, which was the memory of the war that existed deep in his soul.
In his last life, he launched an army from Guanzhong for the Northern Expedition, which eventually swept the world; in this life, the direction of sending troops was reversed, but his passion for fighting on the battlefield remained unchanged.
There was silence in the valley, and there was no cloud in the sky. Looking up from this angle of the narrow valley, one could hardly see the sun that was obscured by the mountains and trees. A thousand elite soldiers were forging ahead in the rolling Qinling Mountains.
As we walked forward, no one made any unnecessary noise.
They lined up in a long snake formation and walked through the narrow mountain roads. The soldiers each carried their weapons or flags and hurried forward with their heads lowered. Compared to the complacency of the commander Ma Di, they seemed to be more focused on the road under their feet.
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At the front of the team, two large banners were fluttering in the wind, with a large Chinese character written on one side and a large Chinese character "horse" written on the other. The two flags were like beacons in the dark, guiding everyone in the direction of progress.
While they were marching, a scout came from the front of the queue. Zhu Heng quickly stepped forward to ask a few questions, then turned back to Ma Su and reported to him: "Young Master, the scout is reporting back.
Eighty miles away is the south exit of Ziwu Valley, and eighty miles further to the west is the boundary of Chenggu."
Ma Su nodded and made a gesture to slow down the march: "At the current speed, we can reach the south exit before sunset tomorrow. From now on, the scout patrol range will be expanded to ten miles, and we can only move forward after making sure there is no ambush ahead."
"Yes!" Zhu Heng responded and turned to leave, but was stopped by Ma Di again.
"Inform the front troops to cease their flags and drums, and proceed with caution. Don't let the defenders in the city discover the existence of our troops, and then respond."
"yes!"
After Zhu Heng left, Ma Su ordered the soldiers to stop where they were, closed his eyes and began to simulate the next battle situation.
The key to this sneak attack on Hanzhong lies in whether the city can be secured.
Of the four roads from Guanzhong to Hanzhong, Ziwu Valley is the most remote and difficult to travel. Walking this road is a great test for the supply of food and grass.
Fortunately, he only brought a thousand soldiers this time, and each soldier carried fifteen days of food on his own. There was no need for a logistics force to transport food. Otherwise, the difficulty of this sneak attack would have skyrocketed.
Of course, bringing only fifteen days of military rations means that this sneak attack on Chenggu will only allow victory, not defeat; there will be only a way forward and no way out.
Because he had already spent seven days on the road and the next journey would take three more days, he only had five days left to operate (capture the city)!
If the city cannot be captured in five days, it will be a disaster. Not only will a thousand soldiers collapse due to exhaustion of military rations, but they will also be surrounded and annihilated in the wilderness by Zhang Lu's army who came after hearing the news.
Thinking of such serious consequences, not to mention Zhu Heng, who had not experienced much war, even Ma Su, an old military strategist, felt a little numb.
If one mistake is made on this trip, a thousand people will all be in trouble.
Fortunately, he was fine.
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[Dream simulation, I am invincible ~ Hahaha...]
This opening voice is still so easy to get addicted to.
After so many years, Ma Su was filled with emotion when he heard the familiar and familiar voice again.
The scene is intertwined with light and dark and switches quickly.
in a simulation scenario.
Ma Su opened his eyes and found himself in a small forest, with a thousand soldiers on full alert.
"Young Master, the city is ahead of us."
Zhu Heng raised his spear, pointed at Chenggu City not far ahead through the gap in the woods, and said to Ma Di with confidence: "According to the scouts' inspection, there are only three thousand soldiers and horses in the city, and the guard is Zhang Lu."
My generals, Yang Ren and Yang Ang, are now wide open and they are almost defenseless. Do you want me to lead a charge?"
Ma Su shook his head, "No, we are outnumbered and outnumbered. Yang Ren is not a mediocre player. We should not attack forcefully, but use our wits to defeat him."
This is not nonsense.
Among the heroes at the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Lu's territory was not large, only Hanzhong. He was able to occupy Hanzhong for thirty years, and suppressed Liu Zhang to the point where he once had to find foreign aid to protect himself.
This shows that Zhang Lu also had many civil servants and generals.
The civil servants will not talk about it for now, but only a few of Zhang Lu's military generals. Some of them can still fight.
1. Zhang Wei
Zhang Wei is the general in charge of military affairs under Zhang Lu. He can hold this position mainly because he is Zhang Lu's younger brother, not because he is very capable. Later, when Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong, Zhang Wei suffered repeated defeats, especially in Yangping.
During the battle of Guanyi, he even fled without fighting. In the end, Zhang Lu gave up Nanzheng and retreated to Bazhong. Zhang Wei refused to surrender and led his army to fight, but was killed by Xu Chu. From then on, Zhang Wei always fled without fighting.
Look, his martial arts should be average.
Two, Yang Bai
Yang Bai is the younger brother of Zhang Lu's counselor Yang Song. During the battle of Yizhou between Liu Zhang and Liu Bei, Zhang Lu ordered Ma Chao and Ma Dai to help Liu Zhang, and Yang Bai went with him as a supervisor. During the battle of Jiameng Pass, Yang Bai
The first one to fight was defeated by Wei Yan in ten rounds. Fortunately, Ma Dai came and rescued him.
Later, Ma Chao was persuaded by Li Hui and led his army to surrender to Liu Bei. Naturally, he could not tolerate Yang Bai as the supervisor, so he killed him with a sword.
Yang Baineng was able to fight Wei Yan for ten rounds before defeating him, and he was able to escape unscathed. Compared to those miscellaneous fish-level generals who were killed instantly, he was still slightly stronger.
Three, Yang Ren, Yang Ang
Yang Ren and Yang Ang were the two generals under Zhang Lu who were second only to Zhang Wei. When Cao Cao attacked Hanzhong, they went to Nanzheng with Zhang Wei and set up camp at the pass in front of the pass, while Zhang Wei himself guarded the Yangping Pass.
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After Zhang He and Xia Houyuan arrived at Yangping Pass, they were robbed by Yang Ren and Yang Ang that night and were severely defeated.
The next day, Cao Cao brought Xu Chu and Xu Huang to inspect the terrain. Unexpectedly, Yang Ren and Yang Ang were well prepared and led the ambush troops to fight out. Fortunately, Xu Chu was brave and killed the two generals, allowing Cao Cao to retreat safely.
After that, Yang Ren and Yang Ang carefully guarded the enemy, but Cao Cao never found a fighting opportunity and could not make any progress for more than fifty days. Seeing that the strong attack was ineffective, Cao Cao pretended to retreat to paralyze the two men.
Yang Ren could tell at a glance that there was a fraud in it, but unfortunately Yang Ang did not listen to his advice and led his army to pursue him. As a result, he was defeated by the trick. He met Zhang He among the rebels, but was defeated and killed. Yang Ren fought hard and entered the stronghold.
Xia Houyuan, who was waiting for Cao Cao's army, came to attack him. He was unable to defeat Xia Houyuan on his own, so he had no choice but to flee.
Later, Cao's army advanced to Nanzheng, and Yang Ren led his army to fight again. He fought with Xia Houyuan, the vanguard of Cao's army, for more than 30 rounds without deciding the outcome. In the end, Xia Houyuan pretended to be defeated and killed Yang Ren with a knife trick.
Yang Ren and Yang Ang blocked Cao Jun's offensive for a time, and they won several battles in a row in the early stage, which can be said to be very good.
Moreover, Xia Houyuan later used a knife trick to kill Yang Ren. Obviously, he was not sure of defeating the latter in a head-on confrontation. It can be seen that the two men's martial arts skills were equal. Xia Houyuan was also a fierce general, and his martial arts skills were at least as good as those of Zhang He, Zhang Liao and others. From
From this point of view, although Yang Ren is not a top general regardless of his literary skills or military skills, he can at least be ranked among the first-class generals. He is by no means an undefended mediocre player.
You must know that Liu Bei is currently storming Yangping Pass. When the battle is about to begin, Yang Ren, as the chief general of Chenggu, will never be so careless.
As for Yang Ang, he was killed by Zhang He in the rebellion. His martial arts should not be as good as Zhang He, and naturally not as good as Yang Ren. However, he also fought Xu Chu with Yang Ren, so his martial arts is not too bad, at least as good as Yang Bai.
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Five, Changqi
Chang Qi was Yang Ren's general. When Yang Ren led his army to fight against Cao's army for the second time, Chang Qi went to fight with him and went to fight Xia Houyuan first, but after only three rounds, he was killed by Xia Houyuan.
The performance is obviously only at the level of a miscellaneous fish.
The above five people are the more famous generals under Zhang Lu. Among these five people, Yang Ren is obviously the strongest in martial arts, followed by Yang Ang, third by Yang Bai, and Chang Qi and Zhang Wei at the bottom.
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But Zhu Heng didn't seem to take Yang Ren and Yang Ang seriously at all. He said excitedly: "Young Master, we don't have much food and grass. Don't hesitate. Go into the city and kill Er Yang. This city will be ours."
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Ma Su glanced at Zhu Heng and said nothing.
Some are undecided.
On the one hand, he didn't want to rush in so recklessly, which would make him look stupid. If the defenders inside had been waiting for a long time, wouldn't he, a thousand of them, become fools delivering food thousands of miles away?
On the other hand, I also had some luck in my heart, thinking that I had been very secretive and careful along the way, and Yang Ren should not have noticed any clues.
However, when he thought of rushing into the city and having the opportunity to seize the city immediately, Ma Su's fair face turned slightly red and he unconsciously clenched his sword tightly.
Zhu Heng looked even more excited than he was, sitting on his horse and spinning around in circles.
"Then do it!"
After pondering for a long time, Ma Su finally made up his mind.
Anyway, there are three simulation opportunities. If you fail this time, try again.
He drew his sword, pointed at the east gate of the city a few hundred steps away, and shouted: "Attack the entire army!!"
After that, he and Zhu Heng rushed out of the woods one behind the other, followed closely by a thousand soldiers with weapons raised high and howling.
After a while, Ma Di and his soldiers were already standing in the city. Looking around, there was no one around.
By this time, he already knew that he had been tricked.
Ma Di tried his best to sound calmer, lowered his voice and said: "Give me the order, the rear team will change to the front team, and exit the city, quickly!"
Zhu Heng also realized that something was wrong, a look of annoyance flashed in his eyes, and he was about to raise his hand to signal the soldiers to retreat, when he suddenly saw countless soldiers rushing out of the city and on the streets.
At the same time, a hearty laughter came from the tower behind.
"Ma Su, you didn't expect that this general has been waiting for you for a long time!"
"Hahaha……"
Ma Su turned around and looked back, and found a very energetic young general standing on the tower, about twenty-four or five years old, with a heroic appearance, holding a red tassel gun, and looking proud. Beside him, stood a young man of similar age.
general.
Thinking about it, it should be Yang Ren and Yang Ang.
"..."
"Who are you? How do you know my name?"
The heroic general smiled and said: "I am Yang Ren, the general under the command of Zhang Lu, the prefect of Hanzhong. I have heard about Lu Hunhou for a long time. When I saw him today, he turned out to be a heroic young man... But now you have fallen into my urn and cannot fly with your wings!"
"I have always respected Mr. Cai as a human being. If you are willing to surrender today, you will not be in trouble. Otherwise, you will be chopped into pieces in a matter of seconds!"
"Ma Su, you don't want to be cut into pieces with random knives, right? Hahahaha..."
Sure enough, it's Yang Ren!
He is also a general.
"Surrender? I, Ma Su, have never known what surrender is!"
Ma Di looked straight at Yang Ang with a fearless expression on his face. He had seen this scene too many times. It was just death. In his previous life, he had stabbed himself to death several times with a ruthless attitude. It was just a small drizzle!
"Although you are defeated today, you will only die. Yang Ren, just wait, I will come back."
After saying that, he raised his hand and wiped his neck with his sword without hesitation.
The picture shattered instantly.
Back to reality.
Looking up and looking around, the surrounding mountains and forests are lush and green, and there is silence everywhere. We are still in the Ziwu Valley.
Ma Su was silent for a while, feeling dizzy.
What revealed the whereabouts of this army?!
It’s a bit difficult to do...
Since the opponent is prepared, no matter whether it is a hard attack or a sneak attack, it is impossible.
Ma Su knew this very clearly, and because of this, he was very anxious.
How to seize a city in a sneak attack when there are only eight days of rations left, and the troops and combat effectiveness are not superior?
Ma Su frowned and thought hard for a long time, then suddenly slapped his thigh.
Got it!
Sunset Bow!
However, the bow is a good one, but his archery skills are not accurate at all.
We can only place our hope on Zhu Heng.
Just as he was thinking about this, Zhu Heng rode his horse around and saw Ma Su playing with the beautifully made "Sunset Bow", and he was immediately envious.
As a military general, Zhu Heng was born with an almost morbid love for magical weapons. When this bow was first delivered, he played with it for a long time and almost couldn't help but run away with the bow on the spot, no longer serving as a guard for Ma Su.
Fortunately, I finally resisted my greed.
Ma Di handed over the bow and said, "Here, Lao Zhu, take it."
"Given to me?"
Zhu Heng took it over happily.
Ma Su shook his head, "No, I'll lend it to you first."
Zhu Heng's expression suddenly froze.
Ma Di changed his voice and said, "But if you can kill Yang Ren with this bow, I will."
"Will you just give me this bow?"
"No, I'll just let you play for a while longer."
Zhu Heng's eyes that had just brightened quickly dimmed again, and he secretly cursed in his heart.
This young master is not good at archery at all, so why would he need a bow? You might as well give it to me.
mean!
Ma Su looked at Zhu Heng, who was full of resentment, and said with a smile: "Old Zhu, as long as you agree to me a condition, I can give you this bow, and even this bloody horse under my seat can also be given to you.
give you"
Zhu Heng immediately became vigilant, "What are the conditions? You tell me first, and I'll see if I agree."
"The period of protection will be extended for another twenty years."
Ma Su said lightly. Zhu Heng had only promised to be his bodyguard for ten years for a million dollars. Now there are more than two years left in the period. Ma Di himself no longer needs Zhu Heng's bodyguard, but the Cai family does, so...
I want to use these two treasures to exchange for the safety of Cai Yan sisters.
"make a deal!"
Zhu Heng agreed without hesitation.
The Cai family provides good treatment, little work, and occasionally can see beautiful women and listen to the most talented man playing the piano. Only a fool would refuse such errands.
Not to mention you can also get a BMW and a treasure bow.
Earn money with blood!
Ma Su smiled slightly and switched mounts with Zhu Heng.
That's right, you, Zhu Heng, have earned your blood.
But I, Ma Su, will never lose money!
The next step is how to lure Yang Ren and Yang Ang out of the city and catch them all in one fell swoop.
