Chapter 1044: Discovering the Lair

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Hua An's mind was very clear, that is, to execute He Zhong and the others together with Shi Guofu, who had done a lot of evil, in order to comfort the ordinary people who died under Shi Guofu's butcher's knife.

Wang San naturally understood what Hua'an meant, he thought for a while, and said softly: "The king can rest assured, there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses to encircle and suppress Shouyang Mountain, and I believe that Shi Guofu will be captured and killed soon." ”

Hua An nodded with satisfaction, and said: "This king also thinks so, although the soldiers and horses under the command of Shi Guofu are strong, but our army has 100,000 people, and the strength is a hundred times that of it, and it is only a matter of time to eliminate Shi Guofu, however, this king still hopes that Zhuge Xiong can annihilate Shi Guofu as soon as possible, and don't delay too much time because of caution." ”

"In this case, the last general will order in the name of the king to let Zhuge Xiong advance quickly, destroy the Shi Guofu soldiers and horses in Shouyang Mountain as quickly as possible, and let him capture Shi Guofu alive." Wang San Zhengse said.

Hua An nodded and said: "It's best to capture nature alive, and it's okay to kill it, you go and prepare!" After speaking, he waved his hand and asked Zhuge Xiong to prepare.

After Wang San left, Hua An looked at the map on the table and fell into deep thought.

The Northern Expedition to Yanguo, Hua'an's goal is to fully recover Youzhou and Pingzhou, and even open up more land, and this is undoubtedly a huge military operation, the demand for soldiers' food and grass, as well as various military materials is very huge, and so many soldiers and materials need adequate preparation and reasonable scheduling, and the negligence of any link will cause immeasurable losses to the entire operation.

After years of active preparations, Hua'an already has enough soldiers and sufficient food and grass baggage, that is to say, the foundation for winning a large-scale battle has been fully possessed.

However, if he wants to win this war, he must transfer most of the elite soldiers and horses and a large amount of materials to Hebei, so that the strength around Luoyang City will inevitably be greatly damaged, and this war will never end in a short time. Therefore, for a long period of time, the main troops and horses under Hua'an will be contained in Youping Erzhou. The surroundings of Luoyang City will be in a relatively weak position for a long time, and the existence of nearly 300,000 Jingzhou troops undoubtedly made Hua'an feel worried when formulating the plan for the Northern Expedition to Yanguo.

The familiarity with history made Hua An understand very well that Huan Wen's 300,000 soldiers and horses were behind him, which would seriously affect his Northern Expedition to Yanguo. After sending the main force of soldiers and horses, he had serious worries, so he made up his mind to give an order to Huan Chong, a fierce general under his command, in the name of Emperor Sima Dan, to let Huan Chong command the main force of 100,000 Jingzhou Army and join the Northern Expedition to Yanguo, so as to weaken at least forty percent of the strength of the Jingzhou Army, so as to do so. During the Northern Expedition to Yanguo, Hua'an had no worries.

However, he is not very sure whether Huan Chong will obey the orders of the imperial court, after all, Huan Chong is Huan Wen's own brother and his right-hand man, in case Huan Wen disagrees with the will of the imperial court, and even tears his face with the imperial court, it will be a very bad thing. Although Hua An felt that the possibility of this happening was not very large, and he had already sworn in front of Wang San. thought that Huan Chong would definitely lead an army of 100,000 to join the army of the Northern Expedition, but everything was not absolute, in case he guessed wrong, Huan Chong did not agree to lead the Northern Expedition, but continued to stay in Jingzhou. Hua'an's excellent plan is about to go down the drain, and he even has to cut back the plan to recover Youzhou and Pingzhou, turning it into only a corner of Youzhou.

At this time, Hua'an didn't know what Huan Chong and other Jingzhou generals thought, so the decree in the name of the emperor was just a test to see the attitude of the Jingzhou army, which can be regarded as a gamble, and if you win, you can calmly divide the Jingzhou army, so that the main force of the 100,000 Jingzhou army can go north smoothly, and there is not much loss if you lose, after all, the Jingzhou army does not have enough reason to oppose the imperial court, of course, the most important thing is that the strength of the Jingzhou army is relatively weak, and it is not the opponent of the strong soldiers and horses under its command, so, Hua An felt that his gamble was worth it.

In the Shouyang Mountain dozens of miles northeast of Luoyang City, Zhuge Xiongzheng led more than 50,000 troops, divided into five routes, to the depths of Shouyang Mountain, in order to find Shi Guofu's soldiers and horses as soon as possible, each army sent at least 100 scouts to search in the depths of the mountain, once found Shi Guofu's soldiers and horses, or traces of the army camped, they immediately reported, and then, more than 10,000 troops will follow the clues to the enemy fiercely.

Although the area of Shouyang Mountain is very large, there is a lot of strategic detour space, but under the pressure of the 100,000 army, Shi Guofu and the soldiers and horses under his command seem to be a little exhausted, their original plan to use their familiarity with the terrain to ambush is completely unworkable, after all, each of the opponent's soldiers and horses is as high as more than 10,000, which is ten times their soldiers and horses, and all of them are well-equipped elite soldiers and horses, even if they are ambushes, they have no chance of winning, besides, each of the soldiers and horses who entered the attack sent a large number of scouts, so, They don't have a chance.

"Chief, the enemy army is getting tighter and tighter, there are fifty or sixty thousand troops, and we have no way to escape." A henchman looked at Shi Guofu and said nervously.

"Chief, this is only half of the enemy army, and there are still fifty or sixty thousand enemy troops stationed at the intersection below the mountain, which completely blocks the way for us to evacuate, and we can't get out." Another henchman said.

"Chief, the grain and grass in the mountain are enough to support two months, but Shouyang Mountain is so big, and the enemy's fifty or sixty thousand soldiers and horses are pressing forward step by step, our camping place will be exposed sooner or later, Shouyang Mountain is not a place to stay for a long time!" One of the subordinates said.

"The enemy army has already blocked the water around Shouyang Mountain, even if it is not a place to stay for a long time, can we still kill it." Another subordinate said loudly.

Obviously, at the juncture of facing the heavy encirclement and suppression of Zhuge Xiong, the generals under Shi Guofu were a little panicked and quarreled.

At this moment, Shi Guofu was also very annoyed in his heart, he originally thought that He Zhong's plan would succeed, so he let his soldiers and horses go down the mountain to vent well, and killed nearly 10,000 people, so as to attract the soldiers and horses of Luoyang City to come to encircle and suppress, which was conducive to the implementation of He Zhong's plan, but unexpectedly, He Zhong's seemingly seamless plan actually failed completely, not only He Zhong and others were arrested, but the two thousand Hu soldiers who participated in the operation were all annihilated, and the most fatal thing was the wanton venting of his soldiers and horses, which completely angered Hua'an, and asked Hua'an to transfer 100,000 troops. A thorough encirclement and suppression of Shouyang Mountain was carried out.

However, things have already happened, and the road is also chosen by himself, so. Regret is also useless, he has to face this situation.

Shi Guofu looked at his henchmen and said loudly: "Don't quarrel, now that the strong enemy is in front, we must unite as one." In order to get through this, this leader wants to hear your opinion? After speaking, he looked at several of the heart.

A henchman immediately clenched his fists and said: "Chief, the enemy is outnumbered, we are not the enemy's opponent at all, and the target of nearly a thousand men and horses is too big, it is better to break into pieces and disperse to break through, so at least we will not be wiped out by the whole army." ”

"No, we're all together at once. Even if we can't win, at least we can annihilate part of the enemy army, killing one is enough for us, killing two will earn one, if we disperse and break through, we will only be slaughtered, and please think twice about the leader. Another henchman immediately objected.

"Chief, the enemy's 100,000 soldiers and horses have blocked all the roads that Shouyang Mountain can take, whether it is a scattered breakthrough or a concentrated breakthrough. It is difficult for us to escape from Shouyang Mountain, so it is better to surrender to the enemy army, and maybe we can save our lives. A subordinate said.

"Fart, we've killed so many people. The enemy will not let us go, and surrender is absolutely impossible. All the henchmen objected.

Obviously, they knew that they had done an unforgivable sin, so they knew very well in their hearts that the soldiers and horses under Zhuge Xiong's command. It is impossible to forgive them, surrender will not work at all.

After excluding this strategy, there are only two kinds of scattered breakthrough and concentrated breakthrough, scattered breakthrough may be able to escape a small number of people, after all, the goal of an individual or a small number of soldiers and horses is very small, hiding in Shouyang Mountain, it is difficult to be found in a short period of time, and the soldiers and horses under the command of Zhuge Xiong cannot stay in the depths of Shouyang Mountain for a long time, so some people and horses can survive, but in this way, the vast majority of soldiers and horses will become powerless to resist, so that they will be broken by the soldiers and horses under the command of Zhuge Xiong.

And concentrate on breaking through, you can concentrate the strength of nearly a thousand soldiers and horses, with the help of the cover of the night to flee outside Shouyang Mountain, if you encounter the enemy to intercept, then concentrate on the attack with all your strength, even if the whole army is finally annihilated, at least, you can also kill a lot, and pull a few pads when you die.

After some discussion, most of the men and horses asked to concentrate on breaking through the siege, and while the soldiers and horses under Zhuge Xiong's command had not yet discovered them, they fled from Shouyang Mountain at night, and then dispersed and fled to Hebei.

After discussing the countermeasures, Shi Guofu ordered all the horses under his command to bring ten days' dry food and prepare to flee when night came.

However, Shi Guofu discussed with his men and horses a little late, and just when they had already made up their minds to concentrate on breaking through the siege, a scout under Zhuge Xiong's command had already discovered their lair and immediately reported to Zhuge Xiong.

Knowing that Shi Guofu's lair was not far away, Zhuge Xiong was extremely excited, in order to prevent fish from slipping through the net, he immediately notified the rest of the soldiers and horses responsible for the search, quickly moved closer to here, and surrounded the location of Shi Guofu's lair.

In order to find out the situation of Shi Guofu's lair, Zhuge Xiong sent a large number of scouts to the location of the lair to investigate in order to formulate an attack plan.

After some careful exploration, Zhuge Xiong learned that Shi Guofu's lair was in a small valley, and the mountains around the valley were very steep and densely wooded, and even there were many trees in the valley, which covered the sight very well, making it difficult for people to find that a soldier and horse would be stationed here.

There is only one entrance and exit in the valley, and the width of the entrance and exit is not large, only three or five people can walk side by side, in the interior of the valley, many caves have been dug along the surrounding sides, however, it is not very clear from a distance, and the scouts sent by Zhuge Xiong do not dare to enter the valley to explore, so as not to be discovered by the other party.

Knowing the general situation of Shi Guofu's lair, Zhuge Xiong's heart was clear, he thought for a moment, and immediately gave the order to attack by fire.

He was going to let the raging fire burn all the beasts in the valley, so as to reduce the losses of his men and horses.

Moreover, the woods around the valley are not connected, which means that even if the valley burns badly, it will not affect the entire forest of Shouyang Mountain.

"General, all the things that start the fire have been prepared, do you want to act immediately?" One of the subordinates asked.

Zhuge Xiong nodded and said, "Since everything is ready, what are you waiting for, immediately set fire to it, and you must burn this group of beasts to death." ”

When the subordinate generals heard the order, they immediately led a group of people and horses, carrying the things that ignited the fire, and ran to the surrounding areas of the valley, preparing to set fire to the valley.

It was late autumn, and all the grass on the ground had dried up, and the dry leaves had fallen to the ground, so it was only necessary to set a fire with something that started the fire, and the whole valley could be plunged into a sea of fire.

After his soldiers and horses went to action, Zhuge Xiong issued an order to let all the men and horses of all walks of life retreat and stay in a safe place where the fire could not burn, so as not to be affected by the fire.

At this moment, all the soldiers and horses under Shi Guofu's command are actively preparing dry food, they want to escape from Shouyang Mountain at night, and it may be difficult to supply grain and grass along the way, so they must prepare all the dry food as soon as possible, and in this way, they ignore the vigilance around them, until the smoke billows around, they react, and shouted to report to Shi Guofu.

Shi Guofu was in the cave, thinking about the various situations that he might encounter when breaking through at night, but unexpectedly, a panicked shout came from outside the cave.

"Let's see, what's going on?" Shi Guofu looked at one of his subordinates and shouted.

Before the subordinate could leave, a small leader broke in and said in a panic: "Chief, it's not good, there is a fire all around, and it is burning here." ”

"What, it's on fire." Shi Guofu was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ran out of the cave.

Walking to the outside of the cave, Shi Guofu was suddenly stunned, a raging fire had been ignited around the valley, the momentum of the fire was very strong, and it was rushing towards the location of the cave at an extremely fast speed.

"There's a fire, what can I do?" One of his subordinates broke out in a cold sweat.

Shi Guofu was stunned for a moment, and then ordered: "Quickly, move all the grass and trees near the cave, move as far as possible, and be fast." ”

When the subordinates heard the order, they immediately began to move the grass and trees near the cave, they were in a race against time, but even if they won, they could not escape the fate of death