The capital of Liangguo, Jicheng.

December.

The west wind is fierce, the snow is fluttering, in the cold winter, the Wei army has been overwhelmed by the city, Cao Wei, the prince of Cao Wei, Cao Ang personally led the main force of soldiers and horses to the south, and the soldiers came to the city.

The Wei army and the Liang army faced each other in front of the city, and the battle was about to break out, and the atmosphere became more and more tense, but the tragic battle did not come as scheduled.

The Wei army seemed to be besieging the city, and did not launch any siege for several days, which made the generals of the Liang army in the city puzzled and a little uneasy.

Outside the city.

Under the night, the snow shrouded the tents of the Wei army.

"Is there any news from Pound?"

In the main tent, all the generals gathered, and above the first place, the handsome face of the prince Cao Ang was reflected under the oil lamp, and his expression looked a little grim: "What kind of attitude is this Ma Chao?" If we really can't persuade us, let's start fighting as soon as possible, if we continue to wait like this, the weather will get colder and colder, and once we enter the most severe winter, it will not be conducive to our siege battle! ”

"Prince, there are still three days left for us to meet Pound, so let's wait for another three days!"

Zhang Liao stood up, bowed his hand to Cao Ang, and replied in a deep voice: "If there is no news from him after three days, we will storm Jicheng, Jicheng is very difficult to fight, according to our scout report, Ma Chao has hoarded a lot of grain and grass in the city, enough for him to support a year and a half, whether this battle can be fought or not, we have to believe Pang De!" ”

"General, in fact, I don't want to fight, Han Sui surrendered, Ma Dai took it, if Ma Chao can surrender, Xiliang will be incorporated into our Great Wei without blood, but now time is pressing, and my father has already sent a letter yesterday. Let's complete the battle of Liangzhou within the end of the year! ”

Cao Ang sighed and said, "In recent days, Wu Jun has been a little nervous, in Jingzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou. There are signs of large-scale troop mobilization in Jizhou and Bingzhou, although many people in the DPRK and China think that now that the Wu army has just taken Bashu, the soldiers are tired and tired, and they are unable to fight a decisive battle against us.

The reason why they mobilized troops and horses was just a bluff and wanted to recover the defeat of the state, but the father was uneasy and never dared to underestimate Sun Zhongmou. And now that our Great Wei heavy troops have been pressing on Xiliang, it will make us not confident enough to face the Wu army! ”

"Prince, please rest assured, as long as General Pang De successfully persuades him to surrender, we will not only be able to end the battle at the end of the year!"

Guo Jia's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he said coldly: "You can also go north and merge with the state, and take the entire land of the merger!" ”

If this battle could not be fought, the Wei army would not need to rest and recuperate, and a part of the troops and horses would be sent north. With the distance between Liangzhou and Bingzhou, it comes out of Beidi County. It's not hard to take the state.

So he would rather spend a little more time than fight this battle, it is not difficult to defeat Ma Chao, but the casualties paid must be very large.

Can you not fight, or not fight.

"Hopefully!"

Hearing this, Cao Ang nodded. Looking at Sima Yi, he was silent for a while, took out a holy decree from his long sleeve, and handed it to him: "Sima Junshi, this is the holy decree given to you by your father." Father said that he would burn it after reading it! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Sima Yi stood up, knelt down on his knees, arched his hands upward, and respectfully accepted the order.

This holy decree was to be burned, at that time, because it was only a secret decree, it could not see the light, and Cao Cao came to such a decree at this time, nothing more than to appease his heart.

"General Sima, Zuo Weiwei is one of the twelve guards of the main force of the Great Wei, none of us wants it to have any changes and affect its combat effectiveness, you can do it!" Cao Ang's eyes moved slightly, and he said with some knocking.

As the heir of Cao Wei, if he talks about fighting, he may have only learned Cao Cao's three or five things, but when it comes to employing people, he has inherited seventy or eighty percent of Cao Cao's ability, which is also one of the reasons why Cao Cao made him the crown prince.

For Sima Yi, he wants to use it and press it, as Guo Jia said, Sima Yi's ambition is too big, once he doesn't suppress it, sooner or later he will fight back.

"Please rest assured!"

Sima Yi took a deep breath, calmed down, and said firmly: "Within a month, I will definitely be able to restore Zuo Weiwei's original combat effectiveness, and my Guanzhong Erlang will definitely not disappoint the crown prince and His Majesty!" ”

"So good!"

Cao Ang showed a comfortable smile: "Go ahead, as long as you take care of Zuo Weiwei, you will be a great success in this battle!" ”

"Yes!"

Sima Yi walked out of the main camp, immediately turned on his horse, and rode back to Zuo Weiwei's barracks.

"Strategist, can this Sima Yi stabilize Zuo Weiwei?" Cao Ang looked at Sima Yi's departing back and asked in a low voice.

"Zuo Weiwei is basically a Guan Zhong son, and only he can hold it down!"

Guo Jia smiled slightly and said: "His Royal Highness the Prince, you don't have to worry about Zuo Weiwei, he also has to live is credit, and if he can't suppress it, it's a crime, you just need to control him!" ”

"Father once said that this Sima Zhongda is too ambitious, and he is a little difficult to use!" Cao Ang thought about it and was a little puzzled: "But I have been in contact with him for a while, and I have not found this person's rebelliousness and unruliness, but I feel that he is a little obedient and respectful to my Great Wei!" ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this is the gap between you and Your Majesty, what you can see is only the surface, what Your Majesty can see is the hearts of the people!" Zhang Liao said expressionlessly: "In this regard, you still have to learn from Your Majesty!" ”

"The general's reminder, I understand!"

Cao Ang nodded sincerely, he had a good point, and he could listen to the harsh admonitions.

……

After Sima Yi returned to the barracks, he immediately asked his confidant Yang Xiu to come in for discussion: "This is Your Majesty's holy decree, promote me to General Zuo Weiwei, you are the military advisor, control Zuo Weiwei!" ”

"Your Majesty's decree came so quickly!"

Yang Xiu looked at it, and his face was slightly moved: "Now that Wei Duan has not reported the news of his death, isn't he afraid of the chill of some families in Guanzhong?" ”

"This is just a secret decree, he used it to calm our hearts, and pushed Wei Duan out Although we handled it, it was also his meaning, he was worried that we would be afraid of unloading the mill and killing the donkey, so he gave a secret decree unusually, which means that we can rest assured that we can clean up Wei Duan's family!"

Sima Yi burned the decree with the flame of the candlestick, and then sneered: "And I can be sure." This matter has spread in Guanzhong, but the rumor will turn into the two of us pushing Wei Duan to death in order to seize power, and we will become the enemies of some families in Guanzhong! ”

"It turns out that he wants to divide the unity of our Guanzhong family!" Yang Xiu came to his senses: "Let us close the Zhong family and mess with ourselves!" ”

"That's right, but we don't have any choice, even if it's such an outcome, we have to bear it!"

Sima Yi nodded: "At this time, if we can't take the initiative to hold the power of Zuo Weiwei's tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. Our Guanzhong family will be completely deprived of military power, without military power, there will be no power to speak, even if we will be divided internally, we must also take this military power! ”

"Your Majesty's strategy of killing two birds with one stone is a great means!" Yang Xiu said with some appreciation: "Let us be his sword willingly!" ”

"Your Majesty's methods are indeed powerful!"

Sima Yi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh: "At the beginning, we thought that we would be able to worry about holding Guanzhong, but what we thought was too good, and now all the wishful thinking has come to naught." Maybe we were wrong at the beginning, if when the Son of Heaven died that year, if I had endured my breath and continued to keep my head and not show my edge, maybe things would have been different! ”

After the death of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he saw that this would be a troubled situation, so he gave up Taoguang and raised obscurity. The boy went out of the mountain, and his edge was exposed.

However, there are too many capable people in the world. Cao Wei is also a talented general, he will be guarded against if he does too much, and he can't get ahead if he does too little, which can't help but lead to a dilemma now.

However, he is also a tough person, and he is not discouraged: "Dezu, no matter what. Now we only have soldiers and horses in hand to ensure that the Guanzhong family will support us as the core! ”

"I understand!"

Yang Xiu nodded and said, "I will personally go to convince my father, now our Yang family and Sima Yi are already both prosperous and loss-making." Several families in Guanzhong, the Hedong Wei clan is already towards Your Majesty, as long as the Hanoi Sima and Hongnong Yang clan are united, most of them will be on our side! ”

"Thank you!"

Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief, he was afraid that there would be problems with the Hongnong Yang family, and only with Yang Xiu's guarantee could the two families continue to cooperate, he then asked: "By the way, among Zuo Weiwei, how is the general of Wei Duan's family cleaning up?" ”

"According to your order, all the Wei family's homes have basically been swept clean, and a few soldiers loyal to Wei Duan who insist on it are also dead, and now the army's morale is still unstable, which will take time to transition!"

Yang Xiu said: "After all, Wei Duan has a lot of prestige in this soldier and horse, for a moment or three, we can't sweep away his influence, we have to come step by step, but as long as the news of his death comes, we want to control this army and horses much smoother, and now there is no news of his death, that is, Ma Chao has not done it yet, will there be an accident?" ”

"Probably not!"

Sima Yi looked at the wind and snow outside the camp, and said in a deep voice: "The revenge of killing his father, Ma Chao will do it regardless of whether he surrenders or not, and he should do it at this time!" ”

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The night is cold and the west wind is dashing.

And located on the side of Jicheng, is a vast mountain, this piece of mountains lingering, as if a natural barrier in the left wing of the Jicheng.

On the mountain road filled with cold and cold, thousands of Wei soldiers appeared one by one with tung oil torches, and marched forward with heavy steps.

"Sons, speed up, you must enter the city before dawn!" Wei Duan didn't know that the Grim Reaper had favored him, and he was still attacking Jicheng with great interest.

"General, it's too cold this day, the road is too difficult to walk, why don't you let the sons and daughters rest!" Captain Wei Hao looked at Wei Duan and suggested softly.

Although they are cavalry, the mountain road is difficult to walk, it is still a snowy day, and they have been circling in this deep mountain for several days, which is really a little demoralized.

"No way!"

Wei Duan said: "We have passed the two ears of the peak, as long as we cross the mountain stream in front, we can enter Jicheng, now we are in the range of the sentry of Jicheng, we will be found at any time, and if you want to surprise attack, the night attack is the best, it will be dawn in two hours, the time is too late, the attack must be started before tonight!" ”

"But we are walking in the wind and snow, and the physical exertion of the soldiers is too great, which will greatly weaken our combat effectiveness!" Wei Haodao.

"Insist, insist!" Wei Duan said expressionlessly: "We are cavalry, only sixty percent of our combat strength, plus the effect of surprise attacks, we can break through the city!" ”

"Yes!" Wei Hao nodded helplessly.

This army moved on. Although the number of soldiers and horses is only 5,000, on the narrow mountain road, it is like a fire dragon, winding forward.

Enter the last mountain stream, which is a mountain stream with a ray of sky, as long as you cross this mountain stream. I entered Jicheng, there is no city wall in front, it is a hillside, which is very suitable for charging.

"Sons, work hard, as long as we enter the city and open the city gate, we will be a big siege in this battle, and we will be appreciated by Your Majesty!" Wei Duan boosted morale and took the lead.

What he didn't know was. Tens of thousands of elite Xiliang iron riders have been on both sides of the mountain stream, waiting condescendingly for a long time.

"I didn't lie to you!" Pound Road.

"It's Wei Duan!"

Ma Chao's face was expressionless, and his eyes were cold: "Cao Mengde can push Wei Duan out, aren't you afraid that one day he will push you out and send you to death?" Such a monarch, how do you make me trust? ”

"Huh!"

Pound smiled and smiled brightly: "No one asks you to trust, I just let you live!" ”

"Surrender to him, will I survive?"

"Yes!"

"You're so sure!"

"After the Battle of Hanoi. I've been thinking about a question, how to deal with the relationship between the monarch and the minister. I just believe in Ma Teng too much, so I will end up with an abandonment! ”

Pound seemed to be talking to himself, but his voice was very loud: "As a result, I got an answer, for a king, the courtiers and generals he wants are all valuable in existence, and you are valuable." You'll be able to live! ”

"Ling Ming, I don't believe Cao Wei, but I am willing to believe you, I hope you are right!" Ma Chao glanced at Pang De deeply, and finally took a deep breath. A decision was made in mind.

He rode out, raised the war spear in his hand in front of the ten thousand armies, and then shouted loudly, and ordered to the generals: "Sons, kill!" ”

Woohoo......

Under the cold night, a torch was erected in the face of the mountain stream, and the firelight was already reflected in half of the sky, which suddenly panicked the Wei army under the mountain stream.

"Ambush here?"

"Where's the horses?"

"Is it Liangjun?"

The Wei army on the mountain stream road was frightened by the figures on both sides.

"Ambush?" Wei Duan raised his head, his eyes looked at the dense figures, and his heart was as cold as water.

"Smash!"

Stone after stone fell down, 5,000 Wei troops, one of them had been damaged more than 1,000 under the face, and the others were also scurrying everywhere and could not form an army.

"Shoot with a bow and arrow!"

Under the second round of long-range attack, more than half of the Wei army was damaged, and the only surviving Wei soldiers had basically lost their fighting spirit.

This first battle came too suddenly, and the location here was too suitable for an ambush, so they had no chance to resist at all.

"There's an ambush here?"

Wei Duan looked at the sudden ambush, a little incredulous.

"Wei Duan, we haven't seen each other for a long time, but you still remember me Ma Chao!"

After Ma Chao's two consecutive rounds of long-range attacks, he took tens of thousands of Xiliang iron horses and began to charge down, with a surging momentum, and went straight to Wei Duan.

"Ma Chao?" Wei Duan was terrified.

"If you kill my father, I will behead you today to honor my father's spirit in heaven, and kill not a single one!"

Ma Chao's murderous military order was faithfully carried out by the soldiers of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

A bloody killing began to be staged, and in the face of tens of thousands of the most elite iron cavalry in Xiliang, the remaining Wei troops did not escape even one of them, and none of them were killed.

Corpses are piled up like mountains, and rivers of blood are flowing!

"Die!"

Ma slashed with a large spear, cutting Wei Duan's head directly, blood splattered three feet, he jumped up in the air and grabbed Wei Duan's head.

"Father, you died at his hands, I have avenged you, and it is up to your heart to decide where to go in the future, rest in peace!!!"

Ma Chao raised his head to the sky and roared, and his voice echoed among the mountains with a strong aura.

Pang De, who was riding a horse on the hill, looked at Ma Chao's tall figure, and a bright smile appeared on his face: "Meng Qi, you have surrendered after all, it seems that you and my brother don't have to fight on the battlefield!" (To be continued.) )