The offensive and defensive battle ended with Cao's army abandoning the front row barracks on the right wing.
Xia Houru personally issued the order to retreat.
This is a very wise approach.
When the Han army occupied the city, the military camp in front had lost its purpose of defense. If he abandoned one military camp, there would be more military camps in the rear to rely on for defense, which was of no concern to him. If he dispatched soldiers from the subsequent military camps to continue fighting
, it just advances the time of the decisive battle.
In this way, it evolved into a fight with the Han army.
And before leaving, he still had enough time to let the soldiers burn all the weapons and grain that could not be taken away. The smell of burning wheat grains could be faintly heard throughout the battlefield, and it also allowed the Han army to attack the front row barracks.
Nothing was found.
But, is it really true that nothing is gained?
After the war, amid the desolate landscape, Zheng Pu slowly boarded the Wei army camp under the protection of his retainers.
The top of the city was filled with corpses of soldiers from both armies, as well as swords, spears, arrows and crossbows scattered randomly on the ground.
Zhang Ni, who was covered in blood, ordered his guards to urge the soldiers to begin to collect the corpse of Pao Ze and to remove the armor and weapons of Wei Jun Si Zhi. Then he walked to Zheng Pu's side and gave a simple salute, "General, thank you very much."
Disgraceful."
"Um."
Nodding happily, Zheng Pu turned his head to look at Zhang Ni and said with a smile, "As a general, I will do less risking my own life in the future. Also, have the casualties of our soldiers been calculated?"
"Yes, our army has more than 600 casualties in total."
Zhang Ni responded respectfully, hesitated for a moment, and then continued, "There are more than a hundred of them who can still fight."
After so much effort, more than 500 people were killed and seriously injured~~~
Sighing softly in his heart, Zheng Pu turned his gaze to the Wei army camp in the distance and said slowly, "The deceased can be buried alive. The seriously injured should be carefully taken care of by military doctors. If you can, let one more go back."
"promise."
Zhang Ni bowed, turned around to summon his guards and gave some instructions, then stood silently behind Zheng Pu, and also cast his gaze towards the Wei army camp.
The Wei army that had its first battalion captured was like a crab that had one of its front claws knocked off.
Although the military appearance and defensive capabilities were not compromised, it did reveal a flaw: if the Wei army continued to be unable to retreat, the Han army could surround the former military camp on the right without any worries and slowly attack it.
Zhang Yi also saw this.
Therefore, after being silent for a while, he softly asked for orders, "General, the morale of my soldiers is very high. With this victory, we can capture the front row camp on Wei Wei's right wing."
Hearing this, Zheng Pu, whose thoughts were interrupted, turned around and smiled.
"Bo Qi's determination is commendable! However, there are too many casualties in the attack, and our army does not need to do it anymore. Let's see how Ni Wei reacts before we make a decision. Well, after the ordnance is collected here, let's burn it."
After saying this, he patted Zhang Ni's shoulder gently and turned around to return to the army.
"promise!"
After bowing, Zhang Ni stood up and looked at Zheng Pu's retreating figure, unable to help but sink into thought.
See how Ni Wei reacts?
Could it be that the general means that the generals who rebel against Wei have come out of camp to fight?
maybe.
He rebelled against Wei and avoided fighting. He was humiliated by our army for a long time, and now he has captured another battalion. If he did not go out to fight, the morale of the army might be unstable. After all, this is Liangzhou with strong folk customs, and what the common people despise the most is Liangzhou.
cowardly.
However, according to the general's temperament, he will also write a letter and go to provoke him again, right?
Ha~~~
Secretly chuckling, Zhang Ni shook his head slightly and strode towards the soldiers who were cleaning up the battlefield.
The fact was just as he expected.
After Zheng Pu returned to the Central Army, he bowed his head at the case, wrote and ink, and completed the letter sent to the Wei army camp in one go.
His words were as sparse as ever, and not unexpectedly sarcastic.
say:
"I wonder what the general thinks of the power of our army? Can it be worthy of a fight with your army? If not, I will capture another battalion and find a woman's clothes to give as a gift!"
Xia Houru, who had been defeated for a while, immediately became furious after reading this book.
"How dare Shu Zian insult me!"
With a roar that could even be heard by the soldiers guarding the military tent, he turned around and drew out his sword and hacked at the case indiscriminately to express his hatred.
He also asked the Han envoy who came to deliver the letter to try hard to keep his face calm, and kept muttering in his heart: The two armies are fighting, so don't kill the envoy. In this rage, he won't forget it selectively, right?
In particular, after Xia Houru chopped the table for a while, he stared at him with red eyes.
Like a mandrill that chooses people to eat.
He suddenly felt that time had become so slow.
There was silence for a while.
Maybe it was a long time, or maybe it was just a while, but the Han envoy felt that his palms were a little wet, and he was heartbroken. He bowed slowly and said in a neither humble nor overbearing voice, "I wonder how the general will reply? Please give me your instructions.
I will go back and report to my general."
"snort!"
With a cold words, Xia Houru withdrew his gaze and threw his sword on the ground. His voice was still extremely angry and said, "Go back and tell Zheng Pu, Nai Gong has fulfilled his wish! Three days later, the entire army will line up in the field and fight to the death!"
"
"Promise, I will report the truth truthfully when I return."
Upon hearing this, the Han envoy bowed and turned to leave.
After leaving the military tent, I still heard the sound of things being smashed inside the tent, and I couldn't help but laugh.
As a commander-in-chief, he is as moody and angry as a reckless man, and he can't be all at the same time! However, the general's move to give women clothes is really unbearable, hahaha~~~
However, what the Han envoy didn't know was that when he stepped out of the military tent, Xia Houru's eyes suddenly became clear.
Occasionally, when he smashed some bamboo slips, inkstones, incense burners and other objects to make noise, he also used his eyes to signal the guards in the tent to check whether the Han envoys were far away.
After his bodyguard informed him that the Han envoy had gone far away and could not hear any movement in the tent, he stooped down and picked up the incense burner, with a ray of pain on his face.
This incense burner is not expensive, but it is of great significance.
It was a gift from the late Cao Zhang.
No matter where he went to serve, he always carried it with him.
Because every time he burned incense and poured himself a drink, the curls of green smoke always reminded him of the prosperous years and suppressed high spirits.
He stood up, walked slowly, and placed the aromatherapy stove upright on the utensil. Xia Houru rolled up the sleeves of his shirt and gently wiped away the slush and non-existent dust.
The action is very gentle.
The voice that came out of his mouth was also very gentle, "You will clean up later, and then go and summon all the generals to discuss matters."
After all, he has been in the military for decades.
Inside the Han military camp.
After Zheng Pugao sat down for a few minutes, he lowered his eyes and rubbed his head, quietly listening to the report of the messenger who had returned from delivering the letter.
The messenger spoke in great detail, whether it was what he saw and heard when he entered the Wei army's camp, or the change in Xia Houru's expression after reading the letter, etc.
The generals sitting on both sides of the military tent, such as Zhang Yi, Zhang Bao, Zhou Tai, Mi Wei and Liu Lin, could not help laughing while listening.
After capturing the military camp in front of the Wei army's left wing, the Han army had already moved its camp to attack in front of the Wei army's right wing in order to bully the morale of the enemy soldiers.
After the messenger finished speaking and left, everyone in the tent sat down with their faces down and their brows furrowed in thought.
Since Xia Houru, who was against the Wei Dynasty, claimed that the decisive battle would take place in three days, all the generals should work together to figure out how to face the battle.
No matter whether Zheng Pu takes their opinions or not.
The first person to speak was Zhou Tai.
This was his first expedition after joining the Han Dynasty, and it was also the time when he was most eager to make achievements.
Especially when they attacked the front camp of the counter-Wei left wing a few days ago, the headquarters he led had been guarding against the troops and horses of the counter-Wei right wing and had no chance to make any achievements.
Eager to do so, he bowed his hands in salute and said in a rather urgent voice, "General, although Ni Wei has more troops than me, it has been defeated for a while and its morale is low. Therefore, if our army is facing battle, we should not imitate Tian Ji's horse racing.
The upper drive against the lower drive, gather the soldiers on the left and right wings, and attack them all in one fell swoop! The soldiers led by me should be called the lower drive in the army. I am willing to be the front of the central army and delay the enemy's advance for the general.
Drive away the soldiers."
"Hmm~~~"
Zheng Pu didn't know whether it was okay or not, so he just nodded slightly to indicate that he heard it.
Mi Wei, the leader on the other side, spoke immediately, "I have been guarding Yuan Rong's crossbows recently to contain the cavalry that rebelled against the Wei Dynasty. The soldiers are also used to it. I will continue to defend the cavalry for each department."
As soon as he finished speaking, all the generals couldn't help but greet him with smiles.
Even Zheng Pu, who was sitting in the middle, was no exception.
He was temporarily transferred to Zheng Pu's army by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, and his identity is sensitive.
If there was a battle, Zheng Pu would not be able to express his merits for him, but he would also have to worry about his subordinates returning home with heavy losses and not looking good.
Now that I am very sensible, I claim that I am willing to protect everyone, which is naturally the right thing to do.
After he finished speaking, the military tent became quiet.
Zhang Bao needed no words.
The armored cavalry he commands are the decisive weapon on the battlefield. No matter how Zheng Pu arranges them, he will not be left idle.
As for Liu Lin, who is sitting at the bottom, he still maintains a taciturn style.
Over there, I look at my eyes and my nose, and my nose and my heart, the old god is there.
What is really surprising is Zhang Yi.
Since Zhou Tai asked for orders to serve as the front line of the Chinese army, he should also say a few words.
No matter it is a few humility, or it is a generous request to accept the request.
However, he was frowning and staring at the brazier in the center, as if he was thinking about something.
Zheng Pu turned his gaze and asked softly, "Why is Bo Qi so evil?"
"Return to the General."
Zhang Ni, who woke up after hearing this, said with some hesitation, "I find it a bit strange. He Xiahou Ru went to war when he went to war, why was he so angry? Previously, our army humiliated him like a woman, and he tolerated it without fighting; now he humiliates him again, and he angrily does so
Se. Is this decisive battle in three days a ploy to deceive our army?"
"Good! Hahaha~~~~"
After hearing this, Zheng Pu first praised him, then raised his hands and laughed, "With Bo Qi's strategy in mind, he would be subverting his talents by serving as the governor of a mere army in a district!"
He also asked Zhang Yi to make humble remarks one after another.
The other generals could not help but sigh in thought, and then suddenly realized.
Zheng Pu laughed, then got up and walked out of the military tent, "Boqi still remembers the water park ten miles behind our army? You lead the troops and horses first to Luoxia camp, where our army will fight against Xia Houru."
." When he reached the seat where Liu Lin was sitting at the entrance of the military tent, Zheng Pu stopped and patted his shoulder lightly, "This battle requires you to fight with all your strength and force it!"
Two days later, there will be three updates at night.
The continuous light snow stopped three days ago.
But the moon was still lazy, and even the stars were absent, leaving the earth unable to see its fingers.
At the small water mooring, the continuous Han army camps were like a huge monster lurking in the night, waiting to eat people.
Let the trees in the distance tremble in the cold wind.
Xia Houru's five thousand troops, led by Wang Mi, were like evil ghosts in the night, walking quietly five miles away from the Han army's barracks.
He came to sneak attack the Han army camp.
Xia Houru's promise to Zheng Pu that the decisive battle would take place in three days was nothing more than a cover-up.
The morale of his soldiers is worrying, and the chance of a decisive victory for the whole army is really slim.
At least he didn't think it was big.
But it won't work if we don't attack the Han army.
The lieutenants of the army were already complaining about his previous avoidance of the battle; now that the Han army had captured the frontline barracks on the left wing, if there was no victory to inspire people, the morale of the army would probably be weakened.
Therefore, he thought of a night attack.
He has been stationed in Jincheng County for some time and is very familiar with the terrain here.
It was possible to break into the Han army's camp even in the dark at night.
If the Han army was not well-defended.
For this reason, he also warned Wang Mi, who had learned his shame and then became brave after being captured from the camp, to be cautious when moving forward.
If the Han army is heavily defended and cannot succeed, it will retreat back.
It would be better to return without success than to attack by force.
In this regard, Wang Mi was full of promise.
But now I feel that Xia Houru is a little too cautious.
Because he is about to succeed.
They were within a mile of the Han army's barracks, but they didn't meet a single Tanma or Yezhao.
Perhaps because they were confused by the rhetoric that the decisive battle would take place tomorrow, the Han army's defenses were quite lax tonight.
Three out of ten of the warning fires in front of the company camp were extinguished, and there were no soldiers to add more firewood; the first barrier of antlers in front of the company camp was thrown away and a simple layer was built.
Not to mention pits and caltrops, which were sparsely spread on the ground, and not even a trench was dug.
Could it be that they felt that digging trenches and setting up too many fortifications would delay the dispatch of troops tomorrow?
Ha~~~
He chuckled secretly.
Secretary Wang asked more than a dozen strong and powerful guards in black to move forward, gently remove the antlers and mark the location of the pit, and use soil to extinguish the warning fire.
Watching the personal guards succeed one by one, his heart gradually became hot.
He completely forgot to be cautious and did not even suspect that the Han army would play an empty camp trick to lure the enemy into counterattack.
After half of the fire was extinguished, Wang Mi also led the army to approach the barracks for half a mile.
At this distance, it is no longer necessary or possible to hide the traces.
Secretary Wang stood up angrily, pointed his sword forward, and the sound of tearing through the night rang the death knell in the barracks.
"kill!"
"kill!"
The military princes who actually controlled the soldiers sounded the horn of charge, causing the soldiers to shout to kill.
Faster than them were hundreds of soldiers carrying long ladders and breaking hammers.
They swarmed forward, attached the long ladder to the camp railing, and climbed up with all four limbs; they hit the door of the Han army's camp hard with the hammer, making the wooden door look like paper, and the soldiers surged up in an instant. In front of you, you are defeated and defeated.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Han army who were keeping watch seemed to have just come to their senses and began to sound the warning with drums and trumpets.
"Enemy attack!"
"Enemy attack!"
The sound suddenly sounded very sad and shrill.
If I defecate carefully, I find that there is no panic at all in the tone.
