Chapter 188: Complete plan

Changes rapidly.

These four words can only be used to describe this strangle battle on the Tuo River in Shuzhong.

Before getting the final answer, no one could predict what would happen next. Li Yan's troops arrived in time to give Han'an the originally dangerous chance to breathe. It was finally time for Liu Bei to be proud.

The flying and flies the flag of the Emperor of Han, General Left, fluttering high on the east bank of the Tuo River, indicating the joy of victory and the glory of the soldiers. Although the attack on the Wenpin military camp was ineffective, the good news of Han'an's victory was enough to make Liu Bei proud. On July 18, the seventh year of Jian'an, Liu Bei's army camp was rare in the past few days. Not only Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Wei Yan and other civil and military generals were also ready to go.

"Lord, it's time to defeat the enemy today. We should take advantage of the enemy's morale to take down its camp in one fell swoop." Although he could not attack for several days, Zhuge Liang was not discouraged. This was the first time they had gained some advantage since the battle with Gao Chong.

"Will this be another trick of Gao Chong playing a stick to his support? We can't afford to lose this time!" The chief secretary Xu Jing, who was under the seat, said doubtfully. After all, Xu Jing had been under Gao Chong's command for a long time. He was still a little worried at this time, familiar with Gao Chong's tenacious temperament.

Zhuge Liang gently shook the feather fan and said disdainfully: "Even if Gao Chong is ready to defend and wait for support, he must withstand our attack first. After Gao Chong attacked Han'an from afar, his elite Gan Ning tribe was exhausted. We should immediately change the direction of the attack, combine the power of Ji De and Wen Chang to attack Gan Ning's Zuoying."

"Zuoying——, put the weaker Wenpin and don't fight. Go and compete with the fierce Gan Ning. The military advisor is wrong!" Zhang Fei said in anger.

"Gan Xingba is the first tiger general under Gao Chong. We gave up the literary recruitment and won Gan Ning. Isn't it a bit difficult to give up?" Jian Yong, who was standing beside him, quickly advised.

When Zhuge Liang saw Zhang Fei questioning, he looked at Liu Bei, who was sitting in the middle, and said calmly: "How could Jide know that Gan Ning is fierce? Gan Ning's troops have repeatedly served as Gao Chong's vanguard, and have been marching all the way to attack Jiangzhou, Jiangyang, and Han'an Zhucheng. The soldiers were already quite tired. The enemy general Ding Feng, Wen Chang, was injured by Wen Chang, was frustrated. After that, in the battle of Han'an, Gan Ning personally led elite troops to capture the city without success. It can be said that the enemy's confidence was greatly affected. Therefore, Liang thought that as long as we had our efforts to attack, Gan Ning was not afraid."

Zhuge Liang's optimism and confidence infected everyone in the account. Being able to defeat Jiangdong's number one general was the dream of many generals in Liu Bei's army.

"Military advisor, Zhang Jide, a native of Yan, volunteered to fight!" Zhang Fei's voice was as thunderous.

Compared with Zhang Fei's straightforwardness, Wei Yan didn't say a word, but a rare blush appeared on his burnt yellow face.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Liu Bei stood up and said, "The military advisor's proposal is very good. The reason why Gao Chong can rely on the strong is that only Gan Ning and Taishi Ci are the two of them. If our army can defeat Gan Ning, it can shake Gao Chong's entire army in one move and make his army's morale turbulent and retreat. This is much better than defeating Wen Pin. Therefore, don't doubt it anymore, and immediately cheer up and obey the military advisor's order."

After saying that, Liu Bei smiled like a long time ago, stood up respectfully, and let Zhuge Liang into the master's seat. He honestly accompanied him. In the public eye, he treated Zhuge Liang like this with Liu Bei's noble uncle, and was extremely courteous.

Liu Bei also had his considerations about Zhuge Liang's analysis just now. As the leader of the six main forces that Gao Chong relied on the most, if he defeated him, he would break one of Gao Chong's arms, which would greatly help stabilize the situation in Shu. Moreover, Gao Chong and Gan Ning were brothers. If he could capture and kill Gan Ning, he would briefly avenge his second brother Guan Yu and Maicheng.

After Zhuge Liang was slightly humble, he tidied up his sleeves, glanced around, and sat upright and said, "General Zhang Fei obeyed the order and ordered your troops to wade through the river from the Shuangyu Cliff area of ​​Tuoshui to launch an attack on the Ganning Water Camp in the Shuangyu Beach area tomorrow morning."

When Zhang Fei heard the military advisor's first name, he looked excited and responded anxiously: "Don't worry, military advisor! I, Old Zhang, would never stop the army if I didn't kill the children in Jiangdong.

"General Liu Feng obeyed the order!"

"Here!" Liu Feng, who was standing behind Liu Bei, was stunned. He did not expect that the second one would be him. Then, under Liu Bei's stare, he stepped out and responded.

Zhuge Liang's face darkened and said majestic: "Liu Feng obeys the order, you should quickly return to the camp to prepare for dry firewood. At the time of the lunar month, you detour from the upper reaches of the Tuo River to Fangji, Ganning Camp. When General Zhang Fei's attack begins, you will lead the soldiers to throw torches at the Ganning Camp, so that the enemy will not be able to take care of both the front and back."

"Yes." Liu Feng led his troops away.

"Where is Jian Yong?" Zhuge Liang asked.

"Here!" Jian Yong hurriedly stepped out.

"There is a letter here. You can quickly arrive at Han'an overnight and submit the letter to Fazheng and Li Yan. After they asked them to leave a group to guard Han'an, the main force immediately went down the Tuo River and attacked Jiangyang!" Zhuge Liang said.

"Yes!" Jian Yong took the letter and left.

"Master——!" Zhuge Liang said again.

Liu Bei stood up quickly and said, "What order does the military advisor have? But it doesn't matter?" Only by fully letting Zhuge Liang feel his respect for him can he devote himself to his life. After losing Guan Yu, Liu Bei's living environment became more and more difficult. It is difficult to recruit those talents with practical ideas based on the reputation of the emperor alone.

Fortunately, he still has Zhuge Liang as a military advisor, otherwise, there would probably be no such last place in Shu.

"Lord, you lead the soldiers of the personal guard camp as General Zhang Fei's reserve team. When the enemy's counterattack weakens, the lord will kill himself and you will definitely win a complete victory!" Zhuge Liang ordered without hesitation.

Liu Bei's attitude moved the young Zhuge Liang very much. Liu Bei was the emperor's uncle and was the uncle recognized by the emperor in the golden palace. Now he could obey his own words, and such a lord could not find a second in the world.

"Don't worry, military advisor, Bei has made up his ambition to fight to the decisive battle, and his life and death are the only battle!" Liu Bei pressed his two-string sword in his hand and responded in a deep voice.

In the big tent, the generals who received the order were all so happy that they received the order. The originally crowded tent suddenly seemed empty. Even Liu Bei had left the big tent to prepare. There were still a few uncalled people in the civil servant's house, and only Wei Yan was left on the side of the military general.

"Okay, no one has called the name, please step back!" In the end, Zhuge Liang lowered his head and waved his hand and said, as if he was tired.

"Military advisor, I--!" Wei Yan finally couldn't bear it and stepped forward and said.

"Is it a long-term literary man? Is there anything wrong?" Zhuge Liang looked up and said in surprise.

"Uh, military advisor, Yan asked, since this battle is so important, why don't the military advisor send our troops to fight?" Wei Yan's burnt face showed a little anger.

When Zhuge Liang heard this, his face suddenly became dark, he slapped the table and shouted, "Do you still have the face to volunteer to fight? In the battle of Jiangzhou, I have heard that you were not saved by death, so Yan Yan had to surrender Gao Chong. Don't think that with the support of your lord, I will do anything to you."

Logically speaking, Zhuge Liang and Wei Yan had worked together under Kuai Yue's tent, and their relationship should be more harmonious than others. However, because Wei Yan betrayed Kuai Yue, Zhuge Liang was quite disgusted with Wei Yan's character. Therefore, the relationship between the two has always been lukewarm. With Liu Bei mediating, there was no major conflict between each other. However, today Liu Bei was not here and Zhuge Liang was in control of the situation, so Wei Yan's life was sad.

Wei Yan was dissatisfied and retorted angrily: "The military advisor's words are biased. In June, Jiangzhou was surrounded by the skyrocketing river water. Gao Chong held a sharp weapon but did not attack. The purpose was to wait for me to fall into the trap. If I took the risk to break into the city, then the result would be to be caught in one go. Don't the military advisor know about these things?"

"You abandon the rescue of friendly troops for your own selfishness, and you dare to argue? Don't think that I can do whatever you want with the support of your lord." Zhuge Liang shouted sternly.

"If you want to add a crime, there is no reason to worry. I, Wei Yan, are loyal to my lord, but not as ruthless as you said. Today you deliberately did not send me to fight. It turned out to be a revenge. It's a pity that my lord has been a hero for a lifetime, and he actually believed you as a village man." Wei Yan sighed long.

"How do you know I won't send you to the battle?" Zhuge Liang smiled instead of anger.

"The others have received orders and prepared. I am the only one who stands here stupidly. Is this an obvious thing?" Wei Yan said angrily.

"Hmph, I'll keep you until the end. There is one of the most important things to deliver to you-!" Zhuge Liang said this and suddenly paused and stopped talking.

Wei Yan asked anxiously: "What important thing?"

Zhuge Liang looked at Wei Yan leisurely and said slowly: "However, before accepting the task, you must make a poison oath first."

"What poisonous oath?" Wei Yan's face changed and he asked.

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly, staring at Wei Yan word by word, "Just say, 'I, Wei Yan, will never betray my lord Liu Bei for the rest of my life. If I violate this oath, I will ask me to thunder and strike, and I will not die well!"

A promise is worth a lot of money. Anyone with a status and reputation attaches more importance to this vow than life. In a sense, an oath is also a standard for testing a person's character. Zhuge Liang asked Wei Yan to swear, which clearly showed that this was a great distrust of him. Perhaps in Zhuge Liang's view, a person who values ​​his own interests would never be able to maintain a consistent belief.

"Okay——, I swear: If you betray your lord in this life, if you let me be despise you, Wei Yan, you will not die well!" Wei Yan stomped his feet, and finally became cruel and said loudly to the sky.

After hearing Wei Yan said the last word, Zhuge Liang took a command arrow and stood up and said, "Great, General Wei Yan, your order is to penetrate between Gan Ning and Gao Chong's battalions and cut off Gao Chong's reinforcements and Gan Ning camp. This matter is very important. The success or failure of tomorrow's battle depends on whether the general can stop Gao Chong!"

Blocking the enemy is a arduous task. Once Gao Chong learns that Gan Ning is surrounded, he will definitely come to reinforce. At that time, Wei Yan will face heavy pressure. Those who see Liu Bei's generals can take on this important task are nothing but Wei Yan. In fact, Zhuge Liang decided to let Wei Yan take on this task from the beginning, but if Wei Yan is arrogant and does not kill him, it is very likely that Wei Yan will be dissatisfied with not sending him to take on the main attack task.

After all, there is a difference between main attack and blocking aid. If you successfully win the Ganning Camp and reward your merits, you will be the first in Zhang Fei, and Wei Yan can only rank second in the second.

"Receive the order!" Wei Yan's forehead was covered with sweat after taking the order arrow from Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang's words of intimidation and comfort made Wei Yan very shocked. To be honest, what should we do when we are at the end of our lives? Wei Yan hasn't thought about whether he is really dying with his body? Or choose a chance to survive? These two thoughts were churning in his heart when Wei Yan withdrew from the military tent.

"Can Zhuge Liang see through my hesitation? Otherwise, how could he let himself make a poisonous oath?" Wei Yan thought to himself.

On the west bank of Tuo River, there was silence.

The three camps are arranged on the banks of Tuo Water in the left, middle and right. The camps in Zuoji are staggering to the west as the Tuo Water bends. This is Ganning's camp. As the most prominent part of the position, the location here is very important. They can not only serve as a springboard for Gao Chong's army to attack, but also to retreat to cover the other two battalions to retreat safely. Ganning's Jinfan Army has always been Gao Chong's most trusted main force, and the Zuoying's defense responsibility fell on Gan Ning without any suspense.

Originally, according to Gao Chong's defense, the strongest thing was to put it in the most important position, but after several fierce battles, it became an unknown whether Gan Ning could withstand heavy pressure.

What is even more unfavorable is that in terms of terrain, the area around Zuoying Shuangyutan is relatively low-lying, and is a little distance from the Central Army and the Right Army. Once the enemy inserts from the junction, the threat to Ganning may be fatal.

On July 19, the seventh year of Jian'an, Tuoshui Shuangyu Beach.

The sound of killing was earth-shaking.

Gan Ning calmly commanded the soldiers to build the defense line of the camp and counterattack from time to time. After several fights, the Jinfan Army, which was originally 10,000, had 6,000 soldiers left, and 1,000 soldiers who could fight slightly, including Ding Feng, the brave general who was injured under Jiangyang City.

At the time of Si, Zhang Fei was wearing a black armored robe and holding an iron spear in his hand and stared at the battle situation ahead. The soldiers who crossed the Tuo River in the early morning mist were approaching the enemy's camp step by step. The morning mist helped the attacking side, causing the guard's arrows to lose their target.

"Assault!" Zhang Fei ordered with a spear.

In this attack, Zhang Fei, who vowed to avenge his second brother Guan Yu, gave all his strength. His subordinates, more than 10,000 soldiers were like sweeping turbulent water, and the waves did not retreat and surged up again. Amid the crazy shouts of the soldiers on both sides, the soldiers who had just killed the enemy could be smashed by the falling rocks again in a blink of an eye. Arrows were flying in the air, and blood flowers bloomed among the swords and guns.
Chapter completed!