Chapter 496: The idea of killing Cheng Xi and breaking out of the encirclement
Seeing this, Du Shu could only raise his glass and said: "Okay, since General Cheng is so brave, I will sit in the rear, but if General Cheng is unable to catch it, I will personally lead troops to support him."
Du Shu and Cheng Xi kept drinking until dawn, and stopped when the cold gradually dissipated. Cheng Xi sent Du Shu out of the house, and then went to the Northern Army's camp outside the city to collect 10,000 troops.
Then he galloped towards Liaodong, fearing that others would take away his credit. As for the mobilization of troops and horses, it was completed last night.
Although Cheng Xi was not a famous general, he knew that troops were valuable and quick, so he had his men gather troops and horses in advance to wait for deployment.
Cheng Xi took a few soldiers and rode out of the city to the camp outside the city. He did not dismount at the city gate to be interrogated. Those lower-level soldiers did not have the courage to interrogate Cheng Xi, the general who conquered the north.
Du Shu looked at the backs of Cheng Xi and several soldiers riding away from the city tower, and sighed to his left and right: "General Cheng is so majestic, I am really ashamed of myself!"
The people on the left and right also stroked their beards and nodded in agreement: "Although General Cheng is a little arrogant and domineering, he is worthy of my reputation as General Zhengbei of the Great Wei Dynasty!"
Some people also said: "Given time, General Cheng Xi will definitely become the mainstay of our Wei Dynasty, like Wei Qing and the God of War like Huo Qubing!"
"It is my great fortune to have such a person in Wei!"......
Cheng Xi did not realize at all that the "honest man" who entrusted him with a false snake would also use this trick to kill him. This is how Zhao Kuo and Ma Youchang were praised and killed.
Zhao She, the famous general of Zhao State, made many military exploits for Zhao State, but Zhao She's son Zhao Kuo was not like his father.
Zhao Kuo has read a lot of military books since he was a child, and he can talk endlessly about the use of troops. Even his father is not as good as him.
In the seventh year of King Zhao Xiaocheng (260 BC), the Qin army and the Zhao army faced off in Changping. At that time, Zhao Kuo's father Zhao She had passed away and Lin Xiangru was also seriously ill. King Zhao Xiaocheng sent Lian Po to lead troops to attack the Qin army.
,At first, Zhao Jun lost consecutive battles.
In this case, Lian Po changed his strategic policy.
The army was ordered to hold on to the city and wait for work, not to take the initiative to attack, and to accumulate strength to defend the position. The Qin army attacked several times, but Lian Po ignored it and refused to fight.
So Qin State sent people to Zhao State, bribed the left and right officials of King Zhao of Zhao State, and asked them to whisper in King Zhao's ears that Lian Po was about to surrender, and the one Qin State feared most was Zhao Kuo.
King Zhao was dissatisfied with Lian Po's lack of progress in military affairs. When he heard those words circulating outside, he drove Lian Po away and sent Zhao Kuo to command the army.
Therefore, Lin Xiangru said to King Zhao Xiaocheng: "Your Majesty, appointing Zhao Kuo based on false reputation is like trying to play the harp after gluing the tuning posts together.
Zhao Kuo can only read the military books left by his father and does not know how to be flexible." King Zhao Xiaocheng did not listen and still appointed Zhao Kuo as the general.
The five Ma Su brothers are all very talented and are known as the "Wuchangs of the Ma family".
Ma Di initially served in Jingzhou and followed Liu Bei into Shu.
He successively served as magistrate of Mianzhu County, magistrate of Chengdu County, and prefect of Yuejun.
Ma Di has extraordinary talents and capabilities, and has shown outstanding talents in the military field, and is deeply valued by Zhuge Liang. He even ignored Liu Bei's suggestion that he was "unfit for reuse" and asked Ma Di to serve as his military officer. He often talked with him from morning to night.
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In the third year of Jianxing (225 years), Meng Huo, the leader of Nanzhong, rebelled, and Zhuge Liang led an army to attack him.
Ma Su saw him off for dozens of miles.
Zhuge Liang asked Ma Di for advice, and Ma Di analyzed the situation at that time. Meng Huo rebelled repeatedly due to the difficult terrain and long distance in the south.
Killing all the rebels would not be a good policy, nor would it be possible in the short term.
Therefore, we should adopt the strategy of "attacking the heart first and attacking the city next".
Win back the hearts and minds of the local people and make them sincerely surrender, so that you can achieve success once and for all.
Zhuge Liang adopted Ma Di's suggestion and quickly pacified Nanzhong.
Throughout Zhuge Liang's life, there was no more rebellion in Nanzhong.
In the sixth year of Jianxing (228 years), Zhuge Liang led the Northern Expedition to Cao Wei.
He first sent Zhendong General Zhao Yun and Yangwu General Deng Zhi as suspected soldiers to guard Jigu to attract Cao Wei's troops; then he personally led the army to attack Qishan.
At first, the Shu Han army marched smoothly, and counties such as Tianshui (now Tianshui City, Gansu Province), Nan'an (in the Wei River Basin of Longxi, Gansu Province), Anding (now Zhenyuan County, Qingyang City, Gansu Province) and other counties surrendered.
When the troops left Qishan, Zhuge Liang did not use Wei Yan, Wu Yi and other old generals as the vanguard, but appointed Ma Di as the vanguard to guard the street pavilion to fight against Wei general Zhang He.
Ma Su did not follow Zhuge Liang's command and did not defend the city at the foot of the mountain. Instead, he abandoned the water source and stationed his army on the mountain.
At that time, General Pi Wang Ping repeatedly advised Ma Di, but Ma Di did not listen.
When Zhang He cut off the water source and the army was defeated, Wang Ping led a thousand men to beat drums to defend the camp, making Zhang He think there was an ambush and dare not advance.
Although the street pavilion was eventually lost, the remaining soldiers were able to retreat safely.
Outside Xiangping City, it was dawn, and the rumble of war drums sounded. The Wu army began to launch a more violent attack on the four gates of Xiangping City.
Xiangping City, which only had 6,000 troops and was not the elite of the Wei army, was already crumbling.
People from both the Wu and Wei armies kept falling. The sound of "bang-bang-bang" hitting the city gate became louder and louder. The falling rocks thrown by the single-shot trebuchet became more dense. The sound of "bang-bang-bang" could not be heard.
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Although the strong Xiangping city wall could withstand such an impact, it only left a small mark on the city wall, but the soldiers on the city wall could not. After all, they were not bones of steel and iron, they were just bodies made of flesh and blood.
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People continued to be injured and killed, and some soldiers were screamed by the golden juice they boiled. After more than a day of fighting, Xiangping City and outside had become like a hell on earth. This can be seen from the fierce fighting situation.
The Wu army suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and the Wei army suffered even greater casualties. The Wu army rarely fought hard battles on land. In addition to using strategies to defeat the weak and the strong, the Wu army would still not hesitate if it encountered an opponent weaker than itself.
Take action, just like this attack on Liaodong,
A Governor of Thousands of People worriedly reported to County Lieutenant Dong Fang who was sitting on the city tower: "Captain Dong, we can no longer hold the defense any longer. How about we break out of the encirclement!"
Dong Fang smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I don't want to break out of the encirclement, but it is the prefect's order to defend Xiangping. If you have any complaints, go and tell the prefect when the prefect comes."
The thousand-man governor said angrily: "Does the prefect just want his servants to die? This is not acceptable!"
Dong Fang said calmly: "You don't have to worry this time. I will let you live well when the time comes."
The Governor of Thousand People cupped his fists and said, "Thank you so much, Commander Dong, for your kindness and virtue. I will never forget it in my life!"