Zhuge Liang thought that after leaving generals such as Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun on the frontal battlefield, he could temporarily hold back Cao Jun's army.
They don't seek to win, but they seek to put constant pressure on Cao Jun at Yangping Pass. This is what they must at least do.
As I said before, battlefields are interconnected.
When one side rises, the pressure on the other side will double.
As the winner, Zhuge Liang carefully brought along Liu Bei, Huang Zhong and many other available people, striving to win the battle and make the final decision.
But what he never expected was that at the same time that Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were defeated quickly, Wei Yan also acted under such circumstances, which had already exceeded the bottom line of his tolerance.
If Zhuge Liang had been present at that time and saw Zhang Fei and Wei Yan cherishing each other, maybe Zhuge Liang would really be so angry that he would vomit blood.
It's a pity that Zhuge Liang is not here.
Of course, this does not mean that Zhuge Liang cannot know the situation on the frontal battlefield, but knowing it in this way means a disaster for Zhuge Liang and everyone in Liu Bei's army who is marching north to Hanzhong.
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Just before, Zhang Fei and others were in close combat with Cao Jun.
The long and narrow mountain road on the east side of Micang Mountain.
"Tell the soldiers to fasten the ropes around their waists! Don't fall behind! The cliff is steep. If you fall behind, you will be smashed to pieces and no one will collect your bodies!"
Huang Zhong's voice echoed throughout the mountains.
At this moment, 30,000 elite infantrymen in Liu Bei's army are crossing the dangerous Micang Mountain.
As long as you walk through this last section of rugged mountain road, you can come to temporarily stable ground. Of course... by then, Dingjun Mountain will not be far away.
But somehow, even though Zhuge Liang had made a clever strategy, planning to use the unexplored Dingjun Mountain as a stronghold to radiate the entire Hanzhong battlefield and establish a victory, at this time, looking at the advancing army, he felt a kind of feeling in his heart.
Inexplicably anxious.
"Kong Ming, can't you go faster?"
Liu Bei's voice also came at this moment, causing Zhuge Liang to turn around and glare at Liu Bei and yelled:
"My lord! If you can leave your high sedan behind, the soldiers can go any faster!"
Liu Bei, who was sitting in the mountain sedan, originally asked casually, but he didn't expect Zhuge Liang's reaction to be so big. He muttered a few words, as if to vent his grievances, and then said nothing more.
Of course, Liu Bei was not so extravagant that he had to be carried on such a rugged mountain road.
It was because of his carelessness while climbing just now that he sprained his ankle. In the end, Zhuge Liang had to send someone to form a sedan to carry Liu Bei forward.
Although the speed of the army was not slowed down much, this unexpected incident made Zhuge Liang very anxious.
"It's impossible for Cao Jun to even expect Dingjun Mountain, right?"
Zhuge Liang muttered in his heart.
It's not like he hasn't considered the opponent's method of breaking the situation.
Thinking from someone else's perspective is often a very useful way to judge a battle situation.
In order to arrange the layout of the two-pronged attack, Zhuge Liang specially thought about it from the perspective of Cao Jun.
As a result, it was discovered that if Cao Jun wanted to break the situation, he could only break it through Zoumaling and Yangpingguan.
In this case, the simplest way is to accumulate troops.
There are now more than 30,000 infantry troops following him.
Zhuge Liang, the cavalryman, stayed on the frontal battlefield. Although there were not many heavy cavalry troops, the light cavalry also had the advantage of light cavalry.
In order to prevent Cao's army from breaking the situation, Zhuge Liang attached great importance to the flexible and changeable tactical role of Qingqi in guerrilla warfare.
But…
"How did Zhang Fei lose?"
"Kong Ming, what did you just say?"
When Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang say Zhang Fei's name, he suddenly became energetic, forced himself to sit up, and leaned closer to hear Zhuge Liang's voice.
Zhuge Liang was not in the mood to criticize Liu Bei. When Liu Bei asked, he repeated:
"My lord... I haven't asked before, does anyone in the army know the circumstances of General Yide's defeat at that time?"
"I remember that apart from the first few messengers, the next time I got news from General Yide was when General Huo Jun found the previously missing General Yide, right?"
"Uh-Liu Bei is a little confused. Of course he remembers what Zhuge Liang said, but he doesn't quite understand why Zhuge Liang mentioned it now."
"Kong Ming, have you thought of something? If you have any questions, you can talk to General Huang. I remember that there are still many soldiers in the army who were rescued in the first battle..."
It's just too strange. Why was Zhang Fei defeated so quickly despite having 10,000 troops? Is there something they didn't tell them?
Seeing that Zhuge Liang was lost in thought, Liu Bei asked Huang Zhong to tell Huang Zhong Zhuge Liang's request.
"It can't be that the opponent's cavalry suddenly gained the ability to fly, right?"
"Military advisor! I heard...I heard that you are looking for someone who went to war with General Zhang last time...a humble position counts..."
The army is still advancing steadily, and will probably reach the flat land between the mountains in a moment. At this time, the road everyone is walking is not as steep as before.
Seeing a soldier who was obviously in cavalry attire but was now the commander of the infantry approaching him, Zhuge Liang came to his senses and quickly asked the doubts in his heart:
"You...didn't something strange happen when you were fighting Cao Jun before?"
"No matter what it is, as long as it is abnormal, just tell it."
"Is it possible that with the bravery of General Yide, you were unable to sustain even a single attack in front of Cao's army of five thousand troops? Isn't this a little too strange?"
Hearing what Zhuge Liang said, the soldier seemed a little embarrassed to say it.
After all, he is a person who has experienced it first-hand, and he is also a part of those who failed to survive Yihe. But since Zhuge Lian asked, he naturally had to answer.
"Please calm down the military advisor...I...we and General Zhang have never encountered anything unusual. The defeat was also a complete defeat of the opponent in one go-"
Hearing this answer, Zhuge Liang seemed a little disappointed, but the soldier obviously thought of something and hurriedly added:
"But if it's abnormal, I don't know whether I should say it..."
"It's okay! Just say it! Just say it, no matter what it is!"
Zhuge Liang waved his fan and tapped it in mid-air, allowing the soldier to be wrong.
"There's only one thing... I don't know if I feel wrong. I was watching Cao Jun's cavalry from a distance on horseback. From the time when the opponent started to charge, to when the opponent came to the front and defeated us in one fell swoop... this period of time... was really too short..."
Zhuge Liang seemed to be unfazed, but when he heard this, his shoulders twitched involuntarily.
"It's like... it's like the other team's horses are much better than ours, and their speed is really too fast... It's like..."
"It's like..."
For a moment, it seemed that he could not formulate a metaphor. The soldier held his head in his hands and thought about words, trying to describe the other party's speed.
Unexpectedly, Zhuge Liang suddenly added:
"Is it like the cavalryman who came down from the mountain opposite?"
"Yes! It's that fast!"
"..."
First, we came to the bottom of the mountain valley. The short mountain in the distance was not too tall, but was extremely wide and easy to distinguish. It was the Dingjun Mountain that Zhuge Liang was looking for.
However…
Just as Zhuge Liang was talking to the soldier, a cavalryman seemed to fall from the sky. Following the exaggerated slope, in this terrain area where there should be no cavalry at all, it turned into a long dragon and headed towards the people who had not yet established a firm foothold.
Liu Beijun rushed in frantically.
That speed, in the dim starry evening, was as fast as a fleeting stream of fire across the sky.
