The guards waiting on the left and right brought a bed and placed it under the commander's desk. After Liu Ye sat down, he waved his hand and signaled the guards in the tent to retreat outside. He raised his hands and said to Cao Zhen: "Da Sima, Zhuge Liang is here.

The three sieges of Jinjin, Xingshi and Akasaka were built within a radius of more than 100 miles at the south entrance of Ziwu Road as the first line of defense against the king's army.

Because our army enters from Ziwu Road, the focus of the Shu army's defense should be on the two sieges of Huangjin and Akasaka, especially the Huangjin siege. According to previous reports, the Shu army has heavily deployed troops, men and horses on the front line of Jinjin and Akasaka.

With no less than 20,000 troops, it will not be easy for our army to defeat them quickly.

Once the Shu army is blocked in the Ziwu Valley for a long time, the pressure on the transportation of grain and grass will inevitably increase. Furthermore, if the troops cannot move forward and the city is entrenched, it will also be extremely detrimental to the morale of the army.

However, if a group of soldiers and horses were detached and quietly transferred to Tangluo Road to attack Xingshiwei, the chance of quickly entering the Hanzhong Plain would be much higher.

Our army's food road is more than a thousand miles long, and relying solely on the transportation of food and grass from Chang'an is not very reliable. We must go deep into the hinterland of Hanzhong to feed the enemy, so that we can fight with the Shu army for a long time."

"This plan is very clever. You are worthy of being a wise man who was highly praised by Emperor Taizu and Wu. His analysis of military aircraft is very accurate. With your help, this battle will definitely avenge previous shame and teach Zhuge Liang and others what the Central Plains Kingdom is."

The power of Huanghuang." Cao Zhen slapped the table and shouted.

Liu Ye cupped his hands and said humbly: "The Great Sima is so complimentary. Without further ado, the Great Sima can secretly order Xiahou's vanguard to act according to the plan."

"Okay, I will send my confidant to the front to deliver the order."

Jiaxigou is named after a small stream sandwiched in the middle of the valley. This place is far away from the Ziwu Valley Avenue and there are only a few houses within a few miles. Few outsiders will pass by this place over the mountains and ridges. Therefore, the place name Jiaxigou is only

Few people know.

However, in the past half month or so, this inaccessible valley has suddenly become lively. Dozens of tents are dotted on the beaches on both sides of the stream. Hundreds of Han soldiers gathered together in twos and threes, talking and laughing, making it appear that

It was very comfortable, as if they had not yet smelled the coming of war.

Dou Gong is the leader of this Han army. At this time, he is standing on a high slope looking to the east, his brows slightly furrowed and his face anxious, as if he is waiting for someone.

After a while, a stout sergeant next to him suddenly pointed to the mountains and forests under the east slope and shouted: "Colonel commander, look, Chief Tian and the others are back."

Dou Gong followed his gesture and looked over. After watching for a long time, he noticed a few figures flashing past among the sparse vegetation. He patted the sergeant on the arm and laughed, "Haha, you have big eyes. You still have sharp eyes."

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In the middlemost military tent on the river beach, Chief Tian Fang, who had just returned from leading a team to inquire about the military situation, clasped his fists and reported: "Captain, the situation has been figured out clearly. The vanguard of the Wei army has arrived at Xiyaoling and is now camping there to rest.

, Xiyao Ridge is less than twenty miles away from Jiaxi Valley, and it only takes an hour for us to get there from the small road at the fastest."

"Very good, you have worked hard." Dou Gong said excitedly: "The Wei army has arrived. As the first raiding team, we must win the first battle and show the majesty of our right army. We must not embarrass General Zhao."

Tian Fang was equally excited. He clasped his fists again and said, "Captain, please give the order quickly. We will go over and give the Wei thieves a hard blow. My brothers are almost going crazy staying in this hellish place these days."

"Don't worry, it's still early. Let the brothers have a good meal first, and then we can go over there under the cover of night."

Dou Gong called Niu Dayan who was waiting outside the tent again and said, "Go quickly and order the teams to bury pots and make rice."

"promise."

Before Niu Dayan walked out of the tent, Dou Gong stopped him again: "Wait a minute, remember to tell me again when I give the order, be sure to cover up the smoke, and never let the Wei army scouts find our traces."

"Don't worry, the chief of the village. The little one will definitely give your instructions."

Dou Gong turned around and said to Tian Fang: "Old Tian, ​​please go out and call all the team leaders and commanders over. Let's take advantage of this free time to carefully perfect the harassment tactics and retreat route, so as not to worry about it today."

Something went wrong late."

"Humble and obey orders."

At three o'clock in the evening, two hundred Han troops, carrying fire starters and led by Dou Gong, quietly rushed toward the Wei army camp in Xiyaoling.

The raiding team was composed of elite sergeants selected from a hundred. They were not only good at climbing over mountains and ridges, but could also travel in the dark, so it only took more than an hour to complete the more than ten miles of mountain road.

It was already late at night, the most sleepy time, and more than ten thousand Wei troops had already fallen asleep. Even the guards on duty had their upper eyelids tightly pressed against their lower eyelids, unaware that the danger was slowly approaching.

The valley is deep and cool breeze blows. Dou Gong leads the sergeant to the upwind point and sets fire to the surrounding weeds. The wind boosts the fire and instantly burns half of the hillside. The flames are several feet high.

After a while, they rushed to the Wei army camp, blocked the antlers of the horses, and wrapped all the wooden fence walls.

"The water is leaking, the water is leaking... put out the fire quickly, put out the fire quickly..."

The sergeant on guard duty on the tower was the quickest to see the situation. While beating the golden drum, he shouted loudly to remind other Wei troops to come out of the camp to put out the fire and escape.

The forward Wei army had ten thousand people, so it was impossible to build a camp. Dou Gong and others set fire to the front camp. Although the fire was huge, it had not spread to the middle camp.

However, the shouts from the front camp were so loud that the Wei troops in the middle camp were awakened. Xiahou Ba rushed out of the tent in disheveled clothes and froze when he looked at the flames in the sky. Fortunately, he was a tiger in the general camp, and his family

Learning from Yuan Yuan, one should not be confused when things happen and should not be alarmed when things change. First, a team of sergeants were arranged to isolate the front stronghold and the middle stronghold to prevent the fire from spreading.

Then he asked deputy general Zhang Hu to lead 2,000 troops to Qianzhai for rescue, while he personally led 500 cavalry to bypass the enemy from the east.

Although there were shouts of killing from the front camp, Xiahou Ba immediately judged that it was only a small group of Han troops who came to attack the camp, and dispatching 500 cavalry was enough to repel them.

Sure enough, when Dou Gong saw Wei Qi coming to kill him, he immediately led his troops to retreat into the mountains according to the planned route. Xiahou Ba couldn't catch up, and there was a fire blocking the way, so he ignored it and turned back to the camp to command the troops to put out the fire and save people.

At dawn, the fire was finally put out, and Xiahou Ba immediately ordered his people to count the casualties. After some calculations by the officials, the Wei army suffered a total of more than 500 casualties in the fire last night, most of which were caused by trampling on each other.

, only a few people were burned to death by the fire because they could not escape, and more than 20 people were shot to death by hidden arrows from the Han army.

The casualties among the sergeants were not heavy, but the heaviest losses were military supplies. Half of the Wei army's front stronghold was burned down, and many of the tents, flags, flags, and equipment were burned. Fortunately, the food and grass were rescued in time and the loss was not much.

Xiahou Ba was attacked by the Han army for the first time in the battle. Xiahou Ba felt guilty and angry. While sending extra scouts out to ensure the safety of the march, he also sent troops and horses to raid the mountains and forests to the west, determined to kill the Han army last night.

The army squad was found and annihilated.

However, Dou Gong had already led his army back to the Jiaxigou camp. In addition, the Wei army did not know the road and did not dare to go too deep. After a hasty search, they returned without success.

Xiahou Ba originally thought that the Han army sent a small group of troops to rob the camp just occasionally. Unexpectedly, he encountered small groups of Han troops for several days in a row.

However, the speed of advance and the morale of the troops were greatly affected.

Although Xiahou Ba was furious at the Han army's harassment tactics, the small group of Han troops were so elusive and flexible that he had no good way to deal with it for the moment. Just when he was in a state of panic, a secret order from the Chinese army made him irritable these days.
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