Chapter 23o Entering Xinye

The two modifications in the previous article: Li Zhan and Zhang Fei's martial arts values ​​are 11 points different, it was originally written incorrectly as 13 points. Wu Fan's current overall martial arts value is 114, it was originally written incorrectly, and he forgot about the Sword of Slaying Sword.

Wu Fan was very happy when he learned that the elder brother and boss Cao Cao had personally led the troops. After a rough calculation, the two had not used troops together for six or seven years. The last time they worked together was still attacking Yuan Shao, Hebei. Although Cao Cao also sent troops to rescue him when he attacked Hanoi, the two did not go out together.

Wu Fan admired Cao Cao's military command ability very much. Moreover, the battle against Liu Bei, especially the subsequent pursuit of Liu Bei, was in history under Cao Cao's personal command. At this time, Cao Cao led his troops here, which was also a fate. Wu Fan was very excited about the next battle situation.

Nodding, Wu Fan immediately ordered the entire army to withdraw from the vanguard camp and wait for Cao BSP. At this time, a former army captain came to Wu Fan with a snake spear and presented it to Wu Fan. However, it was Zhang Fei's wing-ba snake spear. After Wu Fan picked it up, Zhang Fei had already escaped before he could land and naturally abandoned it here.

Wu Fan took the Snake Spear with a little while, and saw that the attributes were:

Treasure: Snake Spear

Attribute: Force +7

Special effects: The Pojun army uses martial arts, and the attack range is increased by 1 times, so that the enemy cannot get closer.

No wonder Zhang Huanyan is more powerful than him in the army. It turns out that this Zhangba Snake Spear has added a lot of color to him. There will be no Zhangba Snake Spear in the future. I wonder if Zhang Huanyan can still be majestic.

Wu Fan couldn't help thinking suspiciously.

Afterwards, Wu Fan rode his horse back to find his apprentice Li Zhan and carefully checked Li Zhan's injuries. Although he was seriously injured, he was not worried about his life. Wu Fan immediately used medical skills to stop the bleeding and heal Li Zhan's condition immediately changed from serious injury to minor injury, and all five circumferences were reduced by five points, but there was nothing serious.

After being healed by Wu Fan's medical skills, Li Zhan woke up from a coma. The first thing he did after waking up was to bow to Wu Fan immediately and blame himself for his crime.

Wu Fan had learned from Zhang Ren and others that the reason why Li Zhan led his troops into Zhuge Liang's fire attack was certainly not really guilty of Li Zhan. However, Cao's army lost more than 20,000 people in this battle, which was almost the same as Liu Bei's army's casualties. Although he eventually defeated Liu Bei's army, it relied on Cao's army to have extremely high combat power, numerous personnel and advanced equipment; and such casualties ratio was quite heavy for the elite main force. In front of everyone, Wu Fan still had to say something about the scene, blamed Li Zhan for a few words like being impetuous, and then led his troops back to the camp with the generals.

He took Wu Fan to wait for the troops led by Cao Cao to join the party, and then talked about Liu Bei from Xinye City.

Although this battle successfully lured Cao's army into an ambush and killed more than 20,000 enemies, Liu Bei's army was also severely damaged. At present, there are less than 30,000 troops in Xinye City, and Cao Cao personally led 200,000 troops to join the war. Together with Wu Fan's army, it would be nearly 700,000 troops. Even if Xinye City turned into a copper city wall overnight, it would be impossible to escape the fate of being stepped into pieces.

On the other hand, Liu Biao was afraid of the military force of Cao's army, and although he had received a request for help from Liu Bei, he was slow to hold his troops back. Liu Bei was worried about this and gathered people to discuss how to resist the enemy next.

Although Zhuge Liang did not win this fire attack, his plan was verified, which gave Liu Bei's generals a preliminary trust in him.

However, it is certainly not what Zhuge Liang wanted just to gain initial trust. He originally thought that through this battle of Bowangpo, he could make him famous, and that Liu Bei's army would obey his own will.

Zhuge Liang also has his own opinion on giving up Xinye, so he made another suggestion:

"Lord, don't worry. This time, Cao's army was lucky enough to fail to lose half of its troops in the fire in Bowangpo. It was caused by Wu Fan's urgent support. We can't stay in Xinye City anymore. The lord might as well walk to Fancheng nearby. I will set off another fire in Xinye City and guarantee that Cao's army will fall into this plan again and hurt his muscles and bones."

After hearing this, Liu Bei said suspiciously:

"Cao army just got a fire plan, and sir wanted to use fire again. How could Cao army fall into the trap again?"

Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan and smiled without saying a word, Xu Shu next to him explained:

"This is the real one, the weak one, the weak one, the weak one; Mr. Kongming must have had a good plan to deal with it."

Why did Xu Shu always praise Zhuge Liang? The reason is that Zhuge Liang was introduced to Liu Bei through him. The saying "If you have one person, you can win the world." He also told Liu Bei. Therefore, Liu Bei was worthy of his own value and visited Zhuge Liang three times and invited Zhuge Liang out of the mountain.

The reason why Xu Shu repeatedly praised Zhuge Liang was not only because of the two of them had some silences, but more importantly, he wanted to prove that his vision was correct.

When Liu Bei heard Xu Shu say this, he nodded and then said:

"Sir, if you want to use fire in Shinye City, what should the people in the city do?"

Zhuge Liang said:

"The lord has been doing more benevolent over the years and has won the hearts of the people of Xinye. The lord is by no means a mediocre person. The purpose of the lord is to use the hands of the people to realize the great cause of the lord. Now, it is time for them to make contributions to the lord's great cause. The lord can take advantage of the fact that the people trust you very much and issue an order to announce the lord's imperial edict, saying that Cao's army suffered heavy losses in Bowangpo, and vowed to slaughter Xinye as a revenge, and let the people of Xinye follow the lord to Fancheng. The city is empty, and there is no worries about using fire plans."

After hearing this, Liu Bei nodded again. Zhong Yao next to him said in confusion:

"There are more than 200,000 people in Xinye City. Once the lord is proclaimed by Cao's army to massacre the city, I am afraid that the people in the city will flee to Fancheng with the lord. If you take more than 200,000 people on the road, it will be quite inconvenient and will be caught by Cao's army soon. At that time, our army will be in danger of being wiped out?"

Zhuge Liang laughed and said:

"Yuan Chang's words are wrong!"

Zhong Yao didn't know what Zhuge Liang meant, but Xu Shu next to him was already smiling and holding a stinky fart:

"Our army has less than 30,000 people, and most of them are infantry and most of them are cavalry. The progress is far above our army. If the Cao army sends cavalry to chase them, our army will definitely not be able to escape the pursuit. With these more than 200,000 people, our army can hide the army from the people, making it difficult for the Cao army to take action. It is a dilemma whether to kill or not. If the Cao army really slaughtered the people, it will inevitably cause great trouble and blockage on the road, it will be no longer too late for our army to escape easily. This is the reason why the people paid for the great cause of the lord as Kong Ming said."

After hearing this, everyone looked dazed and said in their hearts: It is said that Cao Cao is sinister and Wu Fan is cunning. Zhuge Liang is better than the two!

Then, according to what Zhuge Liang said, Liu Bei issued a list to inform the people of Xinye, claiming that the Cao army would inevitably massacre the city at that time. Those who are willing to follow me, Liu Bei, pack up their luggage as soon as possible, and go to Fancheng for a while in the future, and do not make any mistakes!

In this era, there is no television broadcast, nor computer Internet, and information dissemination is extremely slow. How can ordinary people know what happened on the front line? They know that Cao's army was extremely well-informed when they were attacked by fire. Of course, they didn't know that Cao's army was not severely damaged at all. At this time, they saw Liu Bei issue a list and say it in a serene manner. The people naturally believed it and went through boxes and cabinets to pack up all their things, ready to flee to Fancheng with Liu Bei. For a moment, the entire Xinye City was filled with smoke and souls.

But on the side of Cao's army, Wu Fan led his army to station in the Pioneer Camp and waited for a day. At noon the next day, Cao Cao led an army of 200,000 to join.

Wu Fan and Cao Cao are not only in the relationship between the king and the minister, but also in the form of a lord and brothers. When they meet, they are naturally extremely friendly. Hua Xiong, Yan Liang and Wen Chou are also present at the same time. The five sworn brothers first talked about the old days, and then came to the central army with the generals.

In fact, Wu Fan was not only surprised when Cao Cao led his army here, but also had another question: Sun Jian's army is currently occupying Pei. Why didn't the eldest brother attack Sun Jian's Pei, but instead attack Liu Bei? And he also brought 200,000 troops on the basis of his already 500,000 troops. It seemed that the eldest brother had another purpose.

After everyone sat down, Wu Fan went to Cao bsp; Cao bsp; "The eighth brother didn't know anything. I just appointed my fifth brother Xiahou Dun as the governor of the Third Army a few days ago, commanding Puyang and Xiapi to attack Pei. Sun Jian's army was in a turbulent manner. Not only was the Xiahou Dun's army difficult to resist the enemy, but even if I sent these 200,000 troops to the fore, it would only increase the consumption. It would be better to transfer Jiangxia to attack Lujiang and directly attack Sun Jian's lair. Then Sun Jian would definitely divide his troops to rescue him and he would not be able to take care of each other. Only in this way can our army be sure to defeat Sun Jian's army."

Wu Fan suddenly realized when he heard this. Sun Jian's army defeated the alien ethnic Shanyue during the three-year cession, and had no worries. Pei was captured by Sun Jian's army as early as before the three-year cession. In this way, after the cession period, Sun Jian naturally put all his main forces on the battlefield in Xuzhou. It was difficult to fight against it with the First Corps of the Cao Army and the newly formed Third Corps. Since the head-on conflict was not possible, it was natural to move away from the rear to harass it.

As mentioned earlier, Wu Fan had a plan three years ago: If Xiahou Dun becomes the governor, he would not mind distributing some of his idle subordinates in the rear to Xiahou Dun's tent. At that time, Wu Fan and Xiahou Dun had not yet become sworn brothers, and now the relationship between the two is further improved. Wu Fan naturally wants to help Xiahou Dun, the fifth brother who had just become the governor.

Therefore, Wu Fan ordered people to get the personnel book of the Second Army and asked Cao Cao for instructions to allocate several generals to Xiahou Dun's army. Cao Cao knew that there were many generals and ministers in the Second Army of Wu Fan, and they were even a little bloated, so how could he refuse, so he immediately agreed to Wu Fan's personnel transfer.

Afterwards, Wu Fan picked up his pen and divided ten generals from the personnel book to Xiahou Dun's tent. The ten people were: Lu Kuang and Lu Xiang in Xiangping; Gongsun Kang and Zhou Ang in Beiping; Yuan Tan and Yan Gang of Ji; Lu Weihuang and Chunyu Qiong in Shangdang; Yuan Jinjin in Jinyang and Yuan Xi.

These ten people are basically third-rate generals and ministers, and they are all in the rear city. After being transferred, they have no impact on the Second Legion, which is full of talents. However, for the newly built Third Legion, which is short of talents, it is a timely help. You can imagine Xiahou Dun's surprise for the ten generals and ministers he received.

In addition, considering that Xiahou Dun's military strength alone could not resist the fierce attack of Sun Jian's army, and Xia Pi was in danger with Pei. Once Xia Pi was captured by Sun Jian's army, Beihai under Wu Fan's jurisdiction would become a front-line city. Therefore, Wu Fan immediately issued an order within the army: to order Beihai prefect Yuan Shao to assist Xiahou Dun's army in attacking and defending Sun Jian's army.

Cao Cao was naturally very happy about Wu Fan's two orders. Sun Jian's army has not formed a direct confrontation with the Second Legion at present, so Wu Fan's two orders naturally did not come from the interests of the army. From the sensation, it can be seen that Wu Fan has no intention and is entirely to realize his own hegemony.

However, Cao Cao and Wu Fan are no longer the simple relationship between the monarch and the ministers before, so they do not need to always praise Wu Fan in public like before. A knowing smile is better than thousands of words.

Afterwards, Cao Cao asked Wu Fan when he planned to attack Xinye. After Wu Fan learned that Cao Cao was going to lead his troops to attack Sun Jian's backyard, he knew very well that Cao Cao would inevitably step up his march to prevent Xiahou Dun's army from supporting Sun Jian's army in the Central Plains Belt and Road Initiative, then Cao Cao would not have much effect on attacking Lujiang again.

Here, Wu Fan replied to Cao Cao: Enter Xinye immediately! It is noon and you can bury pots and cook rice in Xinye City in the evening.

Cao Cao nodded and deeply praised this.

Cao Cao's 200,000 army was exhausted all the way, and he had just stopped. They didn't have to go on the field for the military operation to march into Xinye, and they just needed to continue resting in the Pioneer Camp.

Subsequently, Wu Fan led nearly 500,000 troops and horses in his headquarters, and Li Zhan was still the pioneer, leading 100,000 troops and horses to march towards Xinye City.

Li Zhan is now in a minor injury state, and Wu Fan originally wanted Li Zhan to stay in the Pioneer Camp to rest. However, Li Zhan took the initiative to ask for his appointment, hoping that he would continue to be the Pioneer in Xinye this time. Wu Fan thought about it and agreed.

In the previous episode, Li Zhan was caught in Zhuge Liang's fire attack plan to save his generals. This time he had a lesson from the past. Moreover, he led the large army to accompany him, so there should be no more problems.

Moreover, he wanted to give the Snake Snake in his hand to Li Zhan. However, Li Zhan just got ambushed by Zhuge Liang and lost a lot of troops. Giving the Snake Snake to him at this time would make him unfair rewards and punishments. It would be reasonable to let Li Zhan earn some military merits in this march into Xinye, and then give the Snake Snake Snake to him.

With this idea, Wu Fan asked Li Zhan to continue to take on the vanguard position and led 100,000 troops to walk ahead.

Let’s talk about it in two ways, let’s talk about the Shinno Castle at this time.

Due to the tightly closed city gates during the war and the strict entry and exit control regulations were implemented, the spies set up in Xinye City in advance could not transmit information back to the city. The probes sent by Xinye City were lying among the wild grasslands of Bowangpo, but they could send back the Cao army's actions in time.

So, as soon as Wu Fan's 500,000 army left the camp, he rushed back to Xinye to report.

Wu Fan's reputation was almost entirely accumulated in the war, which often made the enemy scared. When he learned that Wu Fan personally led a 500,000 army to watch Xinye, although he had been prepared to attack the fire in the abandoned city, because Zhuge Liang had not yet mentioned how to establish his troops, Liu Bei and his generals were in a state of shock at this time.

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and said with a smile:

"When you come, you will be at ease. Since Cao's army thinks that the fire is not enough, we will give him another fire. All the generals obey the order!"

"General Liu Feng led three thousand troops to Baihe, located at the upper reaches of Xinye City, with sandbags and soil to block the water of Baihe. But when he heard the people downstream shouting horses neighing at night, he took out the sandbags and flooded them, and then led his troops to cover them and attacked them."

"General Zhang Fei led 5,000 troops to ambush at the Boling Ferry. The water here is the slowest. If Cao's army is flooded, he will definitely flee from here, so he can take advantage of the opportunity to come and respond."

"General Zhao Yun led 10,000 troops and divided into four teams. He led one team to lie outside the east gate. The other three teams were lie on the south, west and north gates, and there were mostly sulfur flames and salt on the roofs of people in the city. When Cao's army entered the city, they would rest in the houses. There would be strong winds tonight. But when the wind was rising, he ordered the three gates of the south, west and north gates to shoot rockets into the city. When the fire in the city was shattered, he cheered outside the city, leaving only the east gate to let them escape. You attacked from the back outside the east gate, and met with Liu and Zhang. The two generals of the north gate, and took the army back to Fancheng."

"General Feng Fang, General Guan Ping, and Ru each brought three thousand troops, half red flag and half green flag to the Queweipo, north of Xinye City. When they saw Cao's army, the red flag was on the left and the Qing flag was on the right; Cao's army must be suspicious and dare not chase after him, but Ru and the two of them went to ambush separately, hoping that the fire in the city would make them chase and kill the defeated soldiers, and then they came to the upper reaches of Baihe to respond."

After the distribution, although the generals did not reach the point of obedience to Zhuge Liang, they saw that he was very sensible and confident, so they had no dispute. They just led the troops according to Zhuge Liang's dispatch. Zhuge Liang also ordered Xu Shu, Sun Qian, Sima Lang, Zhong Yao and others to immediately lead the people out of the city and cross the Baihe River to escape to Fancheng. He and Liu Bei led the remaining 6,000 troops to climb up and look at it, only Hou Jieyin.

Looking back, Wu Fan sat in a large carriage with four horses and brimming with bridles, closing his eyes all the way, but he was secretly thinking in his heart.

According to the historical plot, after Zhuge Liang burned Bowangpo, he should have burned Xinye. During the burning of Xinye, Zhuge Liang seemed to have made very detailed military deployments, both suspicious soldiers and ambushed. Unfortunately, when he watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it was already two years ago, and many specific plots were not clear.

This feeling is really painful!

At this moment, a cavalry guard rode his horse to the side of the car and said to Wu Fan:

"Governor, I accidentally appeared in the grass. Please take a look at it."

Wu Fan opened his eyes and saw that the guard handed him a piece of silk cloth, which was written on it. He reached out and took it, and opened it. It was the letter Zhuge Liang wrote to Zhang Fei yesterday.

Like Sima Yi, although Zhuge Liang was very awesome in history, he was a young man in front of Wu Fan at this time. Wu Fan's feelings for Zhuge Liang were relatively average, neither good nor bad, at least much better than Sima Yi. However, when he saw this letter, Wu Fan was furious and his impression of Zhuge Liang was greatly reduced.

It is true that it is reasonable for both the enemy and us to kill each other on the battlefield, but Zhuge Liang's method of using generals to anger Zhang Fei and kill his apprentice Li Zhan again made Wu Fan very angry.

Originally, Wu Fan did not feel particularly hostile to Zhuge Liang, and he was wondering whether Zhuge Liang would surrender to Cao's army in the end. At this time, Wu Fan had completely abandoned this idea and held the letter in his hand and clenched his knuckles clattered-

Zhuge Liang, if you don’t want to die ugly, you’d better pray that you don’t let me hit you!

At the same time, the 100,000 troops led by the pioneer Li Zhan stopped moving, and a messenger sent by Li Zhan came to Wu Fan and said:
Chapter completed!